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Research Articles Supplement 2 · 2018 · pp. 45–50 · Issue page

MANAGEMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA- CLASSICAL TONSILLECTOMY OR COBLATION TONSILLECTOMY

RA
Raluca GRIGORE1
ŞE
Şerban BERTEŞTEANU2
MI
Mihnea CONDEESCU3
CA
Catrinel ANTONIE-SIMION4
ON
ONIE-SIMION4 Paula PASCU5
GL
Gloria MUNTEANU6
AN
Anca CÎRSTEA7
AM
Amer OTHMAN8
CR
Cristian Radu POPESCU9
AL
Alexandru NICOLAESCU10
VL
Vlad-Dumitru BĂLEANU11
BO
Bogdan SOCEA12
1 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA); University of General Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest (ROMANIA)
2 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA); University of General Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest (ROMANIA)
3 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA)
4 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA)
5 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA)
6 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA)
7 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA)
8 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA)
9 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA); University of General Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest (ROMANIA)
10 Coltea Clinical Hospital ENT department (ROMANIA)
11 Emergency Hospital Sf Pantelimon, Bucharest; University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 2 Petru Rares Str., 200349, Craiova, Romania
12 Emergency Hospital Sf Pantelimon, Bucharest
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Accepted 28 March 2026
Available Online 15 September 2018
Abstract
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IS A SERIOUS DISEASE THAT OCCURS WHEN A NORMAL PERSONS BREATHING IS INTERRUPTED DURING SLEEP .ALTHOUGH PEOPLE TEND TO DISMISS SLEEP DISORDERS THEIR IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS IMPORTANT PRODUCING DAYTIME SLEEPINESS, THE INABILITY TO CONCENTRATE AND CAN ULTIMATELY LEAD TO MORE IMPORTANT DISEASES LIKE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND CAN EVEN CAUSE DEATH TO SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST. TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL ABUSE ARE AMONG THE RISK FACTORS BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES ARE RELATED TO DIFFERENT ANATO MICAL STRUCTURES THAT CAN STOP THE A IR FLOW LIKE LARGE TONSILS. WE PRESENT 30 PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH SLEEP APNEA WITH A CLEAR INDICATION FOR TONSILLECTOMY PERFORMED BY A CLASSICAL TECHNIQUE AND WITH COBLATION . RESULTS SHOWED FASTER RECOVERY FOR THOSE WHO UNDERWENT COBLATION TONSILLECTOMY AND ALSO IMPROVED SYMPTOMS RELATED TO SLEEP APNEA.
Keywords
TONSILLECTOMY SLEEP APNEA COBLATION
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