Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy and Surgical Outcomes: A Multicenter Cohort Study
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Green KK, Kent DT, D'Agostino MA, Hoff PT, Lin HS, Soose RJ, Boyd Gillespie M, Yaremchuk KL, Carrasco-Llatas M, Tucker Woodson B, Jacobowitz O, Thaler ER, Barrera JE, Capasso R, Liu SY, Hsia J, Mann D, Meraj TS, Waxman JA, and Kezirian EJ. Drug-induced sleep endoscopy and surgical outcomes: A multicenter cohort study Laryngoscope 2018; 129(3):761-770.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2019
Publication Title
The Laryngoscope
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between findings of blinded reviews of preoperative drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) examinations using the VOTE Classification and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) surgical outcomes in a large multicenter, international cohort.
METHODS: Retrospective, multi-center cohort study of adults without tonsillar hypertrophy who underwent pharyngeal surgery for OSA. The study included only participants without enlarged tonsils. Four independent reviewers performed blinded review of preoperative DISE videos using the VOTE Classification system and scoring of a primary structure contributing to airway obstruction. DISE findings were examined for an association with surgical outcomes with univariate analyses and multiple regression.
RESULTS: Two hundred seventy-five study participants were included from 14 centers. Mean age was 51.4 ± 11.8 years, and body mass index was 30.1 ± 5.2 kg/m
CONCLUSION: DISE findings concerning the oropharyngeal lateral walls and tongue may be the most important findings of this evaluation technique.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 2B Laryngoscope, 129:761-770, 2019.
PubMed ID
30588639
Volume
129
Issue
3
First Page
761
Last Page
770
