A 63-year-old male patient, slim, with no other health problems and a non-smoker, presented to Dr. Fotopoulos's clinic for an examination, suffering from severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, accompanied by intense snoring. A sleep study performed at Evangelismos Hospital had recorded 76 episodes of apnea per hour of sleep (AHI: 76).
The use of a special CPAP sleep mask had been recommended to this patient to treat his sleep apnea and snoring, but he was completely unable to tolerate wearing it.
Following a specialized ENT examination using a flexible video endoscope at the clinic, he was diagnosed with a deviated nasal septum and hypertrophic nasal turbinates, as well as an enlarged uvula and narrow palatal arches in the pharynx.
The patient was advised to undergo surgical treatment using Ultrasound at the Athens ENT Clinic.
Thus, in May 2017, under General Anesthesia, he underwent surgery to correct the deviated nasal septum and cauterize both inferior nasal turbinates using surgical ultrasound. Twenty days later, he underwent a second procedure involving partial excision of the uvula and pharyngoplasty, also using surgical ultrasound.
Following both procedures, the patient was discharged on the same day and returned home without pain or any other problems.
His postoperative recovery was completely uneventful. One month after the second procedure, he underwent a new sleep study, which showed an apnea-hypopnea index of AHI: 7 episodes per hour of sleep, while his snoring had completely subsided.
The use of a special CPAP sleep mask had been recommended to this patient to treat his sleep apnea and snoring, but he was completely unable to tolerate wearing it.
Following a specialized ENT examination using a flexible video endoscope at the clinic, he was diagnosed with a deviated nasal septum and hypertrophic nasal turbinates, as well as an enlarged uvula and narrow palatal arches in the pharynx.
The patient was advised to undergo surgical treatment using Ultrasound at the Athens ENT Clinic.
Thus, in May 2017, under General Anesthesia, he underwent surgery to correct the deviated nasal septum and cauterize both inferior nasal turbinates using surgical ultrasound. Twenty days later, he underwent a second procedure involving partial excision of the uvula and pharyngoplasty, also using surgical ultrasound.
Following both procedures, the patient was discharged on the same day and returned home without pain or any other problems.
His postoperative recovery was completely uneventful. One month after the second procedure, he underwent a new sleep study, which showed an apnea-hypopnea index of AHI: 7 episodes per hour of sleep, while his snoring had completely subsided.
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