Sleep Endoscopy in the Evaluation of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is not always resolved or improved with adenotonsillectomy. Persistent or complex cases of pediatric OSA may be due to sites of obstruction in the airway other than the tonsils and adenoids. Identifying these areas in the past has been problematic, and therefo...
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pubmed-32993682012-04-19 Sleep Endoscopy in the Evaluation of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Lin, Aaron C. Koltai, Peter J. Review Article Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is not always resolved or improved with adenotonsillectomy. Persistent or complex cases of pediatric OSA may be due to sites of obstruction in the airway other than the tonsils and adenoids. Identifying these areas in the past has been problematic, and therefore, therapy for OSA in children who have failed adenotonsillectomy has often been unsatisfactory. Sleep endoscopy is a technique that can enable the surgeon to determine the level of obstruction in a sleeping child with OSA. With this knowledge, site-specific surgical therapy for persistent and complex pediatric OSA may be possible. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3299368/ /pubmed/22518178 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/576719 Text en Copyright © 2012 A. C. Lin and P. J. Koltai. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Sleep Endoscopy in the Evaluation of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
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Sleep Endoscopy in the Evaluation of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
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Sleep Endoscopy in the Evaluation of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea |
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sleep endoscopy in the evaluation of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea |
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Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is not always resolved or improved with adenotonsillectomy. Persistent or complex cases of pediatric OSA may be due to sites of obstruction in the airway other than the tonsils and adenoids. Identifying these areas in the past has been problematic, and therefore, therapy for OSA in children who have failed adenotonsillectomy has often been unsatisfactory. Sleep endoscopy is a technique that can enable the surgeon to determine the level of obstruction in a sleeping child with OSA. With this knowledge, site-specific surgical therapy for persistent and complex pediatric OSA may be possible. |
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