Radiofrequency ablation under local anesthesia pharyngeal palate plasty analysis of short-term effect.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 4 Radiofrequency ablation under local anesthesia pharyngeal palate plasty analysis of short-term effect In recent years, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAHS) has increasingly attracted attention of the majority of patients. Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty surgery is an effective method of treatment of OSAHS. Since traditional UPPP high-risk surgery, trauma large, postoperative recovery was a long time, some patients difficult to accept. Use of low-temperature plasma surgery for the treatment of nose and throat diseases, which have a more recent emergence of a new cutting-edge technology, is a minimally invasive therapy. This technology has been increasingly recognized clinicians. Our hospital in 35 patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in patients with velopharyngeal uvula radiofrequency ablation to achieve a satisfactory effect, these are as follows. 1 Data and methods 1.1 General Information 35 cases are in line with meeting held in Hangzhou in 2002 set on the OSAHS diagnostic criteria [1]. All patients had no significant hypertrophy of tongue, no small jaw deformities, no significant tonsil hypertrophy and nasal stenosis. 34 cases were male, 1 female, aged 28 to 65 years, an average of 42 years of age, duration 2 to 15 years. Physical examination: soft palate relax hypertrophy, thick uvula. Fiber nasopharyngeal laryngoscope down Muller trials to velopharyngeal obstruction mainly flat, preoperative and postoperative PSG were performed 6 months inspection. 1.2 surgical methods (1) use of U.S. imports Artho care company Aetna ent-coblationtm low-temperature plasma treatment instrument. (2) Spray 1% tetracaine topical anesthesia for soft palate, tongue, palate arch, pharyngeal arch palate, soft palate and uvula root injection of 1% lidocaine local infiltration anesthesia. (3) with Reflex55 Segment in tongue and pharyngeal arch palatal arch palatal junction along the horizontal direction of 30 ° ~ 45 ° -cut tongue and pharyn