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CO2 Laser palatoplasty: early results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

D. R. Ingrams ,
P. D. R. Spraggs ,
M. B. Pringle  and
C. B. Croft
D. R. Ingrams*
Affiliation:
Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, 330-336 Gray's Inn Road, London, UK
P. D. R. Spraggs
Affiliation:
Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, 330-336 Gray's Inn Road, London, UK
M. B. Pringle
Affiliation:
Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, 330-336 Gray's Inn Road, London, UK
C. B. Croft
Affiliation:
Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, 330-336 Gray's Inn Road, London, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Mr D. R. Ingrams, 39 Fernside Road, Balham, London SW12 8LN.
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Abstract

It is now widely accepted that snoring causes significant social dysfunction. In the absence of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome, palatal surgery offers a very good chance of eliminating or reducing snoring. The traditional operation of uvulopalatopharyngoplasty remains the ‘gold standard’, but may be complicated by velopharyngeal incompetence, severe post-operative pain and even nasopharyngeal stenosis. A newer technique to reduce snoring caused by palatal flutter by using a neodymnium: yttrium aluminium garnet laser to stiffen the soft palate has been introduced recently by another unit. We show that this procedure can be carried out using a CO2 laser, and present the initial results of the first 29 patients operated on at The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital.

Keywords

SnoringLaser surgery, carbon dioxide
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 8 , August 1996 , pp. 754 - 756
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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