Status:
UNKNOWN
Role of Hyoid Suspension With Barbed Reposition Pharyngoplasty in Management of Lateral Pharyngeal Wall Collapse in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Assiut University
Conditions:
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-60 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Aim of the study To determine the exact role of hyoid bone suspension surgery in splinting lateral pharyngeal wall in the era of the lateral pharyngoplasty
Detailed Description
Before recruitment of the patients, they will be subjected to detailed history taking and full ear nose throat examination. Body mass index and neck circumference will be measured. All the patients wi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult patients of both sexes between 18-60 years old.
- Moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea diagnosed by sleep study with apnea hypopnea index (AHI) \> 15/h.
- Body mass index (BMI) \<35.
- Refusing or intolerable to use continuous positive airway pressure.
- Lateral pharyngeal wall collapse diagnosed by drug induced sleep endoscopy.
- Patients who underwent previous tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy or previous nasal surgeries can be included.
Exclusion
- Patients who are unfit for surgeries.
- Patients who are tolerable to continuous positive airway pressure.
- Patients who underwent any palatal, pharyngeal, oral, mandibular, maxillofacial surgeries.
- Patients with central sleep apnea and neurological syndromes.
- Patients with neck, cervical vertebral pathologies and hypothyroidism.
- Patients who had facial skeletal abnormalities.
- Patients who had kissing tonsils or adenoids or huge tongue base.
- Patients who have other level of obstruction (beside oropharyngeal lateral wall collapse and hypopharyngeal retro lingual obstruction) will be excluded or have this level of obstruction completely managed before recruitment in the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 1 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
31 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03788668
Start Date
April 1 2019
End Date
June 1 2021
Last Update
February 26 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Assiut University Hospital
Asyut, Egypt, 71516