Journal des troubles du sommeil : traitement et soins

Pharyngoplasty uses in the Treatment of Sleep Apnea

Shabad Harika*

In sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) a superior airway collapse can occur in the anteroposterior or lateral direction. The essential or auxiliary diminishing in the tone of the enlarging muscles of the pharynx, because of the negative pressing factor delivered by the withdrawal of the stomach cause the breakdown. Pharyngoplasty careful strategies attempt to improve parallel breakdown by repositioning the muscles that establish the pharyngeal sidelong divider, mostly the palatopalatopharyngeal (PP), palatoglossal (PG) and upper constrictor (UC).