%0 Journal Article
%T Sleepiness Score-Specific Outcomes of a Novel Tongue Repositioning Procedure for the Treatment of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure-Resistant Obstructive Sleep Apnea
%A Anne E Theron
%A Eugene Engela
%A Hilda J Landman
%A Hoosain Khalfey
%A Keertan Dheda
%A Malika Davids
%A Rushdi Hendricks
%J Archive of "Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery".
%D 2019
%R 10.4103/ams.ams_151_18
%X The gold standard of treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). However, more than a third of patients have such difficulty with its chronic use such that they seek other options or choose to remain untreated. We evaluated sleepiness score-specific outcomes and the use of CPAP after tongue repositioning surgery for the treatment of OSA
%K Genioplasty
%K score-specific outcomes
%K sleep apnea
%K tongue base surgery
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6585194/