Comparing anterior palatoplasty and modified uvulopalatopharyngoplasty for primary snoring patients: preliminary results
| dc.contributor.author | Ugur, K. S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kurtaran, H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ark, N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kizilbulut, G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yuksel, A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gunduz, M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T18:10:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-10-24T18:10:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.department | Malatya Turgut Özal Üniversitesi | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objectives: To evaluate and compare the long-term efficacy of modified uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (mUP(3),) and anterior palatoplasty (AP) techniques for treating snoring in a prospective clinical trial. Methodology: Patients with total apnea-hypopnea index values <5/per hour sleep were included in the study. Patients completed the Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) and snoring visual analogue scale (VAS) before and 24 months after surgery, and a VAS for pain after the operation. Results: Twenty-four patients were in the mUP(3), group with a mean age of 42.1 +/- 11.8 years, and 26 in AP group with a mean age of 43.2 +/- 10.4 years. Snoring VAS values were significantly decreased after surgery in both groups (p<0.025), but changes between operative groups were not statistically significant (p>0.05). Patients' ESS scores in both groups significantly decreased (p<0.025), but ESS score changes between groups were not significantly different (p>0.05). Two years postoperatively, patient satisfaction was 85% in the AP group, and 70% in the MVP, group. Pain VAS values were significantly lower in the AP group than in the mUP(3), group (p<0.001). Eight patients (33.3%) in the mUP(3) group and one (7.7%) in the AP group reported nasal regurgitation of liquids upon swallowing during the first week postoperatively. Two years after the operation, 10 patients (41.6%) in the mUP(3) group and 9 (34.6%) in AP group still had a lump sensation in the throat. Conclusions: We compared the efficacy of the mUP(3), and AP techniques to treat patients with primary snoring and found less morbidity and more patient satisfaction in the AP group. | |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 291 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1781-782X | |
| dc.identifier.issue | 4 | |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 24597103 | |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 285 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12899/4140 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 9 | |
| dc.identifier.wos | WOS:000330262000005 | |
| dc.identifier.wosquality | Q4 | |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | Web of Science | |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | PubMed | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Royal Belgian Soc Ear, Nose, Throat, Head & Neck Surgery | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | B-Ent | |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | |
| dc.snmz | KA_20251023 | |
| dc.subject | Snoring; anterior palatoplasty; uvulopalatopharyngoplasty; visual analog scale | |
| dc.title | Comparing anterior palatoplasty and modified uvulopalatopharyngoplasty for primary snoring patients: preliminary results | |
| dc.type | Article |












