Barbed Reposition Pharyngoplasty
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Purpose: The aim of this 5 cases is to highlight the efficacy of a new modified pharyngoplasty technique with barbed sutures: BARBED REPOSITION PHARYNGOPLASTY, Surgical management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Snoring has undergone many major and minor changes over a period of last decade. Clinicians have explored surgical options for cure with varying success. Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty was considered as a standard of surgical care but long-term results were not satisfactory. This technique can prove to be a technically less demanding one, which provides excellent long-term results in snoring and OSA with manageable complications.
Author: Dr Osama Hmidan
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6893296536
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