Benefits from upper airway surgery for sleep apnea found to equal CPAP

Saturday, August 1, 2009 - 12:56 in Health & Medicine

Adults who struggle with CPAP treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) should be considered candidates for reconstructive surgery on the upper airway, because it holds the same quality-of-life (QOL) benefits but with more permanence. This thesis is in new research published in the August 2009 edition of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery...

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