Efficacy of pillar implants to reduce snoring and daytime sleepiness
Objective: To measure the efficacy of pillar implants in reducing snoring. Materials and methods: A total of 30 adult patients who underwent pillar implants were assessed preoperatively and at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after the implantation. Improvement was measured using snoring frequency, visual anal...
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| author | Laith Khasawneh Haitham Odat Basheer Y Khassawneh Khalid A Kheirallah Adi H Khassawneh Ahmad Al Omari Maisa Smadi Firas Alzoubi Safwan Alomari Abdel-Hameed Al-Mistarehi |
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| description | Objective: To measure the efficacy of pillar implants in reducing snoring. Materials and methods: A total of 30 adult patients who underwent pillar implants were assessed preoperatively and at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after the implantation. Improvement was measured using snoring frequency, visual analog scale for snoring loudness, and Epworth sleepiness scale for daytime sleepiness. Results: The mean snoring frequency, loudness and Epworth score were reduced from 6.9, 9.2 and 7.4 at the baseline to 5, 5.9 and 5.6, respectively, at 12 months postoperatively (all p < 0.03). The partial implant extrusion rate was 6.7%. Conclusion: We suggest that a pillar implant procedure should be considered before proceeding to more morbid surgeries in patients with snoring and daytime sleepiness. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-55ab4a636b5b40ac9cc898fa5db24bfe2025-08-20T02:25:48ZengTaylor & Francis GroupFuture Science OA2056-56232021-07-017610.2144/fsoa-2021-0020Efficacy of pillar implants to reduce snoring and daytime sleepinessLaith Khasawneh0Haitham Odat1Basheer Y Khassawneh2Khalid A Kheirallah3Adi H Khassawneh4Ahmad Al Omari5Maisa Smadi6Firas Alzoubi7Safwan Alomari8Abdel-Hameed Al-Mistarehi91Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa 13133, Jordan2Department of Special Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan3Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan4Department of Public Health & Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan4Department of Public Health & Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan2Department of Special Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan2Department of Special Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan2Department of Special Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, 22110, Jordan5Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA4Department of Public Health & Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, 22110, JordanObjective: To measure the efficacy of pillar implants in reducing snoring. Materials and methods: A total of 30 adult patients who underwent pillar implants were assessed preoperatively and at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after the implantation. Improvement was measured using snoring frequency, visual analog scale for snoring loudness, and Epworth sleepiness scale for daytime sleepiness. Results: The mean snoring frequency, loudness and Epworth score were reduced from 6.9, 9.2 and 7.4 at the baseline to 5, 5.9 and 5.6, respectively, at 12 months postoperatively (all p < 0.03). The partial implant extrusion rate was 6.7%. Conclusion: We suggest that a pillar implant procedure should be considered before proceeding to more morbid surgeries in patients with snoring and daytime sleepiness.https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.2144/fsoa-2021-0020daytime sleepinessESSpillar implantssnoringVAS |
| spellingShingle | Laith Khasawneh Haitham Odat Basheer Y Khassawneh Khalid A Kheirallah Adi H Khassawneh Ahmad Al Omari Maisa Smadi Firas Alzoubi Safwan Alomari Abdel-Hameed Al-Mistarehi Efficacy of pillar implants to reduce snoring and daytime sleepiness Future Science OA daytime sleepiness ESS pillar implants snoring VAS |
| title | Efficacy of pillar implants to reduce snoring and daytime sleepiness |
| title_full | Efficacy of pillar implants to reduce snoring and daytime sleepiness |
| title_fullStr | Efficacy of pillar implants to reduce snoring and daytime sleepiness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Efficacy of pillar implants to reduce snoring and daytime sleepiness |
| title_short | Efficacy of pillar implants to reduce snoring and daytime sleepiness |
| title_sort | efficacy of pillar implants to reduce snoring and daytime sleepiness |
| topic | daytime sleepiness ESS pillar implants snoring VAS |
| url | https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.2144/fsoa-2021-0020 |
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