To compare the effect of uvulopalatoplasty with no treatment in treating adult OSA.
Two arms: the intervention group undergo uvulopalatoplasty one month after baseline polysomnography (PSG1) and a PSG2 6 months after surgery . The control group perform PSG 1 and are then waiting 6 months, thereafter undergo PSG2, then surgery and PSG3 6 months after surgery. All patients are followed for four years with PSG. Patients fill in questionnaires at PSG sessions, and blood pressure control the morning after.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
surgery with cold steel in general anesthesia
Orl dep, Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden
Polysomnography: group differences in changes of apnea-hypopnea index (AHI)
compare the two groups of changes in number of apneas and hypopneas per sleep hour measured with inlab polysomnography, between baseline and follow-up
Time frame: 6 months
Questionnaire: group differences in changes of daytime sleepiness
using validated questionnaire Epworth sleepiness scale measure changes between baseline and follow-up and compare the differences between groups
Time frame: 6 months
Questionnaire: group differences in changes of general health
using validated question
Time frame: 6 months
Blood pressure: group differences in changes of blood pressure
Time frame: 6 months
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