• Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. · Sep 2008

    Impact of upper airway surgery on CPAP compliance in difficult-to-manage obstructive sleep apnea.

    • Ranju Chandrashekariah, Ziad Shaman, and Dennis Auckley.
    • Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 2500 MetroHealth Dr, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA.
    • Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 2008 Sep 1;134(9):926-30.

    ObjectiveTo study the role of adjunctive upper airway surgery in obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who were poorly compliant with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy.DesignRetrospective study of obese patients with OSA and documented poor CPAP compliance who underwent noncurative upper airway surgery for anatomical obstruction. Data collected included polysomnogram (PSG) parameters, CPAP settings and compliance, and surgical complications.SettingAn urban academic county hospital with an 8-bed sleep laboratory. Data were collected retrospectively from 2002 through 2005.PatientsSubjects who met the following criteria: (1) documented OSA (apnea-hypopnea index [AHI] > or =5.0) treated with CPAP therapy, (2) poor CPAP compliance (<4 hours per night), (3) subjected to upper airway surgery, (4) repeated PSG after surgery revealed persistent OSA (AHI > or = 5) requiring continued treatment with CPAP, and (5) availability of presurgery and postsurgery CPAP compliance data.Main Outcome MeasureCompliance with CPAP.ResultsData from 11 patients were available for analysis. Their PSG parameters revealed the mean AHI (79.0 before surgery vs 30.2 after surgery; P < .001) and mean CPAP pressure setting (11.8 cm H(2)O before surgery vs 10.4 cm H(2)O after surgery; P = .09) improved following surgery. A mean increase of 48.6 minutes in CPAP compliance was noted after surgery (P = .03). Eight of the 11 patients improved their CPAP compliance following surgical intervention, including 5 who improved by more than 1 hour.ConclusionUpper airway surgery in select patients with OSA may improve CPAP compliance and should be considered as a potential adjunctive therapeutic measure in poorly compliant patients with OSA.

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