Clin Exp Otorhinolaryngol.  2015 Dec;8(4):370-375. 10.3342/ceo.2015.8.4.370.

Five-Year Subjective Outcomes of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Surgery: A Multiinstitutional Study

• Choi JH
• Lee SH
• Cho JH
• Kim SW
• Cho KS
• Koo SK
• Won TB
• Kim JW
• Kim HY
• Kim YS
• Chung YS
• Rhee CS

• KMID: 2128912
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3342/ceo.2015.8.4.370

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
To evaluate the effect of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) surgery on long-term (5-year) subjective outcomes, including sleep disordered breathing (SDB) symptoms and other complications, in patients with OSA.
METHODS
We enrolled patients who underwent diagnostic polysomnography for OSA between January 2006 and December 2006 in ten hospitals. Patients either were treated for OSA or were not treated for OSA. All patients completed a brief telephone survey regarding their SDB signs and symptoms (e.g., snoring, apnea, nocturnal arousals, and daytime sleepiness), positive airway pressure (PAP) compliance, and any adverse effects of either the surgery or PAP. A positive subjective outcome for either surgery or no treatment was taken to be the alleviation of apnea, defined as a > or =50% increase in score. A positive subjective outcome (compliance) for PAP was defined as a PAP usage of > or =4 hours per night and > or =5 days per week.
RESULTS
A total of 229 patients were included in this study. Patients were divided into three groups: a surgery group (n=87), a PAP group (n=68), and a control (untreated) group (n=74). The surgery group exhibited significant improvement in all SDB symptoms compared with the control group. The long-term subjective outcomes of the surgery (52.9%) and PAP (54.4%) groups were significantly better than those of the control group (25.0%). The subjective outcome of the surgery group was not significantly different from that of the PAP group. The overall surgical complication rate was 23.0% (20 of 87) in the surgery group, and 55.0% (22 of 40) of all patients with PAP experienced adverse effects.
CONCLUSION
The extent of SDB symptoms was consistently improved in patients with OSA at 5 years postsurgery. Information about the potential long-term subjective outcomes should be provided to patients when considering surgery.

Keyword

Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Surgery; Signs and Symptoms; Treatment Outcome

MeSH Terms

Apnea
Arousal
Compliance
Humans
Polysomnography
Sleep Apnea Syndromes
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive*
Snoring
Telephone
Treatment Outcome

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