Maxillomandibular advancement for obstructive sleep apneaKasey K Li
Sleep Apnea Surgery Center, 1900 University Ave, Suite 105, East Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 69:687-94. 2011
..7 months from 3 studies showed a surgical success rate of 89%. These data are similar to my experience with an 89% success rate in more than 600 maxillomandibular advancement procedures performed...
- Surgical therapy for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
Kasey K Li
Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Center, Stanford University, 1900 University Avenue 105, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
Semin Respir Crit Care Med 26:80-8. 2005
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- Controversy in surgical versus nonsurgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
Kasey K Li
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Center, Stanford, CA, USA
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 64:1267-8. 2006
- Hypopharyngeal airway surgery
Kasey K Li
Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Center, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 40:845-53. 2007
..Preoperative airway evaluation with fiberoptic nasopharyngoscopy, the use of lateral cephalometric radiograph, and the formulation of a surgical plan with selection of procedures to address hypopharyngeal obstruction are discussed...
- Surgical therapy for adult obstructive sleep apnea
Kasey K Li
Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Center, 1900 University Avenue, Suite 105, East Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
Sleep Med Rev 9:201-9. 2005
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- Sleep apnea surgery: putting it all together
Kasey K Li
Multidisciplinary Treatment Team, Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Center, 1900 University Avenue, Suite 105, Stanford, CA 94303, USA
Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am 21:421-3. 2009
..All surgeons treating patients who have OSA must realize that the management of OSA crosses specialty lines and no single specialty can adequately take care of patients alone...
- Obstructive sleep apnea and maxillomandibular advancement: an assessment of airway changes using radiographic and nasopharyngoscopic examinations
Kasey K Li
Stanford University Sleep Disorders and Research Center, Stanford, CA, USA
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 60:526-30; discussion 531. 2002
..The study aim was to evaluate the resultant changes in the upper airway after maxillomandibular advancement (MMA) for obstructive sleep apnea...
- Maxillomandibular expansion for the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing: preliminary result
Christian Guilleminault
Stanford University Sleep Disorders and Research Center, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Laryngoscope 114:893-6. 2004
..6 cm H2O. No complications were encountered, and the follow-up period was 18.1 +/- 9.8 months. CONCLUSION:: The result suggests that MME improves SDB in patients with maxillary and mandibular constriction and can be a valid treatment...
- Surgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: upper airway and maxillomandibular surgery
Christine H J Won
Stanford Sleep Disorders Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Proc Am Thorac Soc 5:193-9. 2008
..Current research aims to optimize the success of these procedures by identifying proper candidates for surgery, as well as to develop new invasive procedures for OSA treatment...
- Sleep disordered breathing: surgical outcomes in prepubertal children
Christian Guilleminault
Stanford University Sleep Disorders Clinic, CA 94305, USA
Laryngoscope 114:132-7. 2004
..To evaluate the treatment outcomes of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in prepubertal children 3 months following surgical intervention...
- An adjunctive method of radiofrequency volumetric tissue reduction of the tongue for OSAS
Robert W Riley
Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Center, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 129:37-42. 2003
..Temperature-controlled radiofrequency volumetric reduction (TCRF), a minimally invasive procedure, has been used to treat tongue base obstruction in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS). An adjunctive method was objectively evaluated...
- Adult chronic sleepwalking and its treatment based on polysomnography
Christian Guilleminault
Stanford University Sleep Disorders Program, Stanford, CA, USA
Brain 128:1062-9. 2005
..Those successfully treated with surgery also had complete resolution of sleepwalking. Successful treatment of SDB, which is frequently associated with chronic sleepwalking, controlled the syndrome in young adults...
- Anterior cervical spine fusion and sleep disordered breathing
Christian Guilleminault
Stanford University Sleep Disorders Center, CA 94305, USA
Neurology 61:97-9. 2003
..The authors found that placement of the anterior cervical plates reduced the size of the upper airway. Symptoms and objective findings were controlled with nasal continuous positive airway pressure...
- Surgical management of obstructive sleep apnea
Kasey K Li
Stanford University Sleep Disorders and Research Center, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Clin Chest Med 24:365-70. 2003
..The selection of surgical procedure(s) should be determined based on a patient's airway anatomy, medical status, severity of sleep apnea, and his or her desire and preference...
- Practice parameters for the dopaminergic treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder
Michael R Littner
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Sepulveda, CA, USA
Sleep 27:557-9. 2004
..Lastly, no specific recommendations can be made regarding dopaminergic treatment of children or pregnant women with RLS or PLMD...
- Distraction osteogenesis in adult obstructive sleep apnea surgery: a preliminary report
Kasey K Li
Sleep Surgery, Stanford University Sleep Disorders and Research Center, Stanford, CA, USA
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 60:6-10. 2002
..This study evaluated the potential application of distraction osteogenesis (DO) for skeletal expansion in the management of adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)...
- Three-dimensional computed tomography and polysomnography findings after extended uvulopalatal flap surgery for obstructive sleep apnea
Hseuh-Yu Li
Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Am J Otolaryngol 26:7-11. 2005
..3-D CT proved that this technique was effective in widening the upper airway by relieving the retropalatal obstruction...
- Modified uvulopalatopharyngoplasty: The extended uvulopalatal flap
Hseuh Yu Li
Department Otolaryngology, Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Am J Otolaryngol 24:311-6. 2003
..Surgical success was defined as achieving the postoperative respiratory disturbance index to less than 20 events per hour and a greater than 50% reduction of the preoperative respiratory disturbance index...
- Temperature-controlled radiofrequency tongue base reduction for sleep-disordered breathing: Long-term outcomes
Kasey K Li
Stanford University Sleep Disorders and Research Center, California, USA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 127:230-4. 2002
..Our goal was to evaluate the long-term outcomes of temperature-controlled radiofrequency reduction of the tongue base in sleep-disordered breathing...
- Airway assessment by volumetric computed tomography in snorers and subjects with obstructive sleep apnea in a Far-East Asian population (Chinese)
Ning-Hung Chen
Sleep Center, Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Laryngoscope 112:721-6. 2002
..Furthermore, weight may influence the pattern of RP narrowing by contributing to lateral collapse...
