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#131 - Sleep Apnea Surgeries: Some Greater Awakening

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For many people who have sleep apnea, they look to surgery as a means to a "greater awakening" which can at times, lead to disappointing outcomes. What exactly is meant by "sleep apnea surgery" and why doesn't everyone get it? In this episode we will:

  • define sleep apnea and how we measure its severity
  • discuss the adults who are most appropriate candidates
  • look at the various ways "success" is defined with surgical outcomes [reduction in respiratory events, health outcomes, sleep measures] and how that might be at odds with how one feels after surgery
  • touch upon bariatric as a form of sleep apnea surgery
  • list the various procedures that target the nose/nasal cavity, jaw, tongue, and throat
  • highlight the hypoglossal nerve stimulator/Inspire therapy and talk about patient populations that work well with this therapy

Produced by: Maeve Winter
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Thanks for listening and sleep well!

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156 episodes

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Manage episode 457078970 series 3365942
Content provided by Chris Winter, MD, Chris Winter, and MD. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Chris Winter, MD, Chris Winter, and MD or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.

For many people who have sleep apnea, they look to surgery as a means to a "greater awakening" which can at times, lead to disappointing outcomes. What exactly is meant by "sleep apnea surgery" and why doesn't everyone get it? In this episode we will:

  • define sleep apnea and how we measure its severity
  • discuss the adults who are most appropriate candidates
  • look at the various ways "success" is defined with surgical outcomes [reduction in respiratory events, health outcomes, sleep measures] and how that might be at odds with how one feels after surgery
  • touch upon bariatric as a form of sleep apnea surgery
  • list the various procedures that target the nose/nasal cavity, jaw, tongue, and throat
  • highlight the hypoglossal nerve stimulator/Inspire therapy and talk about patient populations that work well with this therapy

Produced by: Maeve Winter
More

Thanks for listening and sleep well!

  continue reading

156 episodes

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