What is the right surgery for my sleep apnea?

Kevin Ende, M.D. • December 14, 2020

What is the right surgery for my sleep apnea?

At the Triological Society Meeting in San Diego California, some very important updates were discussed as well as reaffirmations of Dr. Ende’s current practice. Most patients with sleep apnea use a CPAP to treat this condition, but what if the CPAP mask hurts or you can’t tolerate it or live with it? There are many different surgeries for sleep apnea and sometimes the right options are obvious based on your physical exam. While weight loss is certainly beneficial to most patients with sleep apnea, surgeries such as tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, septoplasty, turbinate reduction, rhinoplasty, tongue reduction or advancement, soft palate trimming known as UPPP, and tracheotomy are some of the options although more exist. To determine the level of your obstruction, DISE or drug induced sleep endoscopy can be performed at Englewood Hospital. There, we will give you a medication that will put you to sleep but allow you to breath on your own and has been proven to best simulate your normal sleep anatomy. This will allow Dr. Ende to see which parts of your airway from your nose to your trachea are actually causing the obstruction.

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