MANAGEMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEACLASSICAL TONSILLECTOMY OR COBLATION TONSILLECTOMY

摘要

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IS A SERIOUS DISEASE THAT OCCURS WHEN A NORMAL PERSONSBREATHING IS INTERRUPTED DURING SLEEP .ALTHOUGH PEOPLE TEND TO DISMISS SLEEP DISORDERSTHEIR IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS IMPORTANT PRODUCING DAYTIME SLEEPINESS, THEINABILITY TO CONCENTRATE AND CAN ULTIMATELY LEAD TO MORE IMPORTANT DISEASES LIKE HIGHBLOOD PRESSURE AND CAN EVEN CAUSE DEATH TO SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST. TOBACCO ANDALCOHOL ABUSE ARE AMONG THE RISK FACTORS BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES ARE RELATED TODIFFERENT ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES THAT CAN STOP THE AIR FLOW LIKE LARGE TONSILS. WEPRESENT 30 PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH SLEEP APNEA WITH A CLEAR INDICATION FORTONSILLECTOMY PERFORMED BY A CLASSICAL TECHNIQUE AND WITH COBLATION . RESULTS SHOWEDFASTER RECOVERY FOR THOSE WHO UNDERWENT COBLATION TONSILLECTOMY AND ALSO IMPROVEDSYMPTOMS RELATED TO SLEEP APNEA.