Preservation Palatopharyngoplasty for Obstructive Sleep Apnea With High Modified Mallampati Scores: Clinical and Polysomnographic Outcomes
The preservation palatopharyngoplasty significantly improved subjective and objective measures in OSA patients with higher Mallampati scores by enhancing upper airway patency and reducing OSA severity.
Authors
- Nicolas Poupore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6907-488X)
- Mohamed Abdelwahab (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2588-8355)
- Shaun A. Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0664-4571)
- Robson Capasso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2645-1793)
- Mohamed Faisal Kassir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3501-1802)
Institutions
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Otolaryngology
- Published
- 2025-03-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ohn.1184
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.33