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Barbed Suspension of the Tongue Base for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients

NCT04928404 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 13

Last updated 2021-06-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common clinical condition in which the throat narrows or collapses repeatedly during sleep, causing obstructive sleep apnea events.

One of the most common sites for collapse during sleep is hypo-pharyngeal space. It was founded in 50% of OSA patients those have moderate and severe apnea.

DeRowe et al invented the Tongue base suspension operation in 1998 for sleep disordered breathing.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

tongue base suspension using barbed suture

all patients will undergo multi-level surgeries .Therefor, Anterolateral advancement pharyngeoplasty (ALA) or Barbed Reposition Pharyngoplasty (BRP) will be applied to improve retro-palatal obstruction and tongue base suspension using barbed suture for retro-lingual obstruction.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sohag University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-06-12
Primary Completion
2022-06-30
Completion
2022-12-30

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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