dc.contributor.author | Moxness, Mads Henrik Strand | |
dc.contributor.author | Nordgård, Ståle | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-22T11:52:07Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-24T08:42:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-09-22T11:52:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-05-24T08:42:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-10-21 | |
dc.identifier.citation | BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders 2014, 14(11) | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.issn | 1472-6815 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2390129 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background
The objective of this observational study was to evaluate the outcomes of intranasal surgery in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a single institution in Norway.
Methods
Fifty-nine patients with OSA and clinically significant nasal obstruction underwent either septoplasty alone or septoplasty with concomitant volume reduction of the turbinates from August 2008 until the end of December 2010. Subjects were scheduled for sleep polygraphy before and 3 months after treatment.
In this observational single-centre cohort study we evaluated and compared the effect of these two specific surgical procedures on sleep related parameters.
Results
There was a significant reduction in the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) only in the group that had septoplasty with turbinate reduction (17.4, (SD 14.4) – 11.7, (SD 8.2), p <0.01), and this effect was significantly better than in the group treated with septoplasty alone. Other objective parameters remained unchanged. Subjective assessments obtained with a postoperative questionnaire showed an equally positive effect on diurnal sleepiness and nasal obstruction in both groups, and a better effect on sleep quality in the combined treatment group.
Conclusion
The effect of nasal surgery on obstructive sleep apnea seemed to be greater when there were indications for combined surgery of the inferior turbinates and the nasal septum, compared to when there were indications for septoplasty alone. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | nb_NO |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 3.0 Norge | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/no/ | * |
dc.title | An observational cohort study of the effects of septoplasty with or without inferior turbinate reduction in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | nb_NO |
dc.date.updated | 2015-09-22T11:52:07Z | |
dc.source.volume | 14 | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders | nb_NO |
dc.source.issue | 11 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1472-6815-14-11 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1222686 | |
dc.description.localcode | © 2014 Moxness and Nordgård; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use,
distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public
Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this
article, unless otherwise stated. | nb_NO |