New Video on UPPP Surgery to Treat Sleep Apnea (Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty)

A new video has been created and uploaded onto our YouTube channel showing how a UPPP (uvulopalatopharyngoplasty) sleep apnea surgery is performed. This surgery is commonly performed to try and improve or even cure obstructive sleep apnea in adults. This surgery rarely is performed in kids.

Read more about UPPP here. More info about obstructive sleep apnea can be found here.

Another operation used to treat obstructive sleep apnea in adults along with UPPP is base of tongue reduction. Read about this operation here as well as watch the video here.

Watch the video here.

Oral Appliance Can Help With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

In the September 2009 edition of Archives of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, there was a research paper entitled "An Investigation of Upper Airway Changes Associated with Mandibular Advancement Device Using Sleep Video Fluoroscopy in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea" where use of an oral appliance was found to significantly improve obstructive sleep apnea. The oral appliance increased retropalatal and retrolingual spaces as well as decreased the length of the soft palate and the angle of mouth opening.

Increased retropalatal space and decreased length of the soft palate is similar to what is accomplished by the surgical procedure uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP).

Increased retrolingual space is similar to what is accomplished by the base of tongue reduction surgery.

Click here to read more about this research.

Click here to read more about OSA and its treatment.

New Webpage on Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

A new webpage has been added to our website describing the uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) procedure to address patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Patients who pursue surgical options to treat OSA have usually tried and failed to tolerate CPAP mask use. Click here for more info.

Other surgical procedures we provide to treat OSA include:
• Base of Tongue Reduction
• Lingual Tonsillectomy
• Pillar Procedure
• Coblation Palatoplasty
• Injection Snoreplasty
• Septoplasty
• Turbinate Reduction
• Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy