1. Preoperative Assessment & Perioperative Management Ho-Sheng Lin, MD Associate Professor Department of Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery SCS Educational Day 11/27/07
17. Successful Treatment of OSAHS with UP3 % Successful Treatment Friedman et al. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2003;129:611-21.
18. Distribution of Patients with OSAHS by Stage Percentage of Patients Friedman et al. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2003;129:611-21.
19. Successful Treatment of OSAHS with UP3 vs. UP3 + TBRF % Successful Treatment * * * Different from UP3 only ( P < .001) Friedman et al. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2003;129:611-21.
The preoperative assessment and planning is probably the most important part in the surgical treatment of OSA patients. You can have the best surgical technique in the world but if you chose the wrong patient or use the wrong procedure on the patient, you will not get a good surgical outcome.