10.1055/b-0039-169070 5 Surgical Principles Abstract This chapter focuses on surgical principles in sleep-disordered breathing that might help select suitable patients for surgery. Factors that need to be addressed after extensive…
10.1055/b-0039-169069 4 Nonsurgical Treatment: Lifestyle, Weight Loss, Positional Therapy, Mandibular Advancement Devices, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, Multimodality TreatmentNico de Vries, Peter van Maanen, Linda B. L. Benoist, and Aarnoud Hoekema…
10.1055/b-0039-169071 6 Pediatric Obstructive Sleep ApneaKerstin Rohde† and Thomas Verse Abstract As in adults, pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by partial or complete obstruction of the upper airway…
10.1055/b-0039-169067 2 Pathophysiology Abstract Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is diagnosed more frequently now than in the past. The characteristics of this potentially life-threatening disorder are (socially) disturbing snoring, excessive daytime…
10.1055/b-0039-169066 1 Introduction and History of Sleep Apnea Surgery Abstract Symptoms and surgical procedures for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are known from antiquity especially from Greece, where uvulas…
10.1055/b-0039-169411 7 Canal Wall Down Tympanoplasty Indications Cholesteatoma in cases of Contracted mastoid Large epitympanic erosions Recurrence after the closed tympanoplasty Bilateral cholesteatoma Cleft palate and Down’s syndrome Only hearing…
10.1055/b-0039-169415 11 Obliteration of the Middle Ear (Subtotal Petrosectomy) in Cholesteatoma Surgery Indications Cholesteatoma in dead ear. Cholesteatoma with heavily infiltrated labyrinth. Unilateral advanced cholesteatoma with mental retardation. Canal wall…
10.1055/b-0039-169410 6 Canal Wall Up Tympanoplasty Indications Following are the indications for canal wall up tympanoplasty: Cholesteatoma in children and in patients with highly pneumatized mastoids. Minor epitympanic erosion. Mesotympanic…
10.1055/b-0039-169412 8 Congenital Cholesteatoma of the Middle Ear Congenital cholesteatoma is defined as an epidermoid cyst that develops behind an intact tympanic membrane in a patient with no history of…
