Prospective multicentre study on barbed reposition pharyngoplasty standing alone or as a part of multilevel surgery for sleep apnoea.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to demonstrate in a prospective multicentre study that Barbed Reposition Pharyngoplasty (BRP) procedure is safe and effective in management of obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) patients. Prospective study. Multicentre study. Patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnoea. Values of postoperative apnoea-hypopnea index (AHI), oxygen desaturation index (ODI), epworth sleepiness scale (ESS). 111 Barbed Reposition Pharyngoplasty procedures standing alone or as a part of multilevel surgery for OSAHS, performed between January and September 2016, were analysed in 15 different centres. The average hospitalisation period was 2.5±0.5days. The mean patient age was 46.3±10.5years. The average body mass index at the time of the procedure was 27.9±3.2, and the majority of the patients were men (83%). The mean preoperative and postoperative apnoea/hypopnea index was 33.4±19.5 and 13.5±10.3, respectively (P<.001). The mean preoperative and postoperative ESS score was 10.2±4.5 and 6.1±3.6, respectively (P<.001). The mean preoperative and postoperative ODI were 29.6±20.7 and 12.7±10.8, respectively (P<.001). Patients undergoing BRP standing alone or as part of a multilevel approach for the treatment of OSAHS have a reasonable expectation for success with minimal morbidity.