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C-18: Essentials of sleep surgery: Tools, techniques, and tactics

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This course was presented in person at World Sleep 2025 in Singapore.

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0:00:00
Part 1: How to evaluate and select patients for surgery.

0:00:00
PSG vs HST
Clete Kushida (United States)

0:17:40
DISE
Thomas Kaffenberger (United States)

0:38:45
Endotypes/phenotypes and surgical outcomes
Olivier Vanderveken (Belgium)

0:00:00
Part 2: Role of soft tissue surgery and outcomes.

0:59:25
Evolution of palatal surgery
Ryan Soose (United States)

1:13:15
Palatal approaches for a single level vs multilevel surgery
Srinivas Kishore (India)

1:26:10
How to manage the tongue base obstruction
Julia Crawford (Australia)

1:53:15
Part 3: Nasal and skeletal surgery for nasal breathing
Ofer Jacobowitz (United States)

1:56:00
Nasal surgery for OSA
Chan Soon Park (Korea, Republic of)

2:14:55
Nasal breathing from childhood to adult
David Kent (United States)

2:32:00
Naso-maxillary expansion for SDB
Stanley Liu (United States)

0:00:00
Part 4: Advances in neurostimulation in treatment of sleep apnea


2:48:15
Unilateral vs bilateral neurostimulation for sleep apnea
Clemens Heiser (Germany)

3:04:55
Evolution of hypoglossal nerve in Asia
Shaun Loh (Singapore)

3:22:25
Combination procedures with Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation
Maria Suurna (United States)

3:36:40
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