Overview

This comprehensive book pulls together the essential elements needed to assess sleep apnea patients for the transoral robotic surgical approach and how to optimize the surgery.  Detailed information on patient selection, pre-operative work up, anesthesiological pre and post-operative management, surgery, complication prevention and management is provided along with background on sleep medicine and sleep surgery.  Authored for ENT surgeons, head and neck specialists and neurologists, pneumonologists, sleep doctors as well for anesthesiologists,  chapters offer solutions pulled from experts in the field of sleep surgery and information relevant to geographic areas worldwide.

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Author:   Claudio Vicini ,  Paul T. Hoff ,  Filippo Montevecchi
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783319816623

ISBN 10:   3319816624
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   12 June 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Patient Work-Up 2 Tongue Pathophysiology in OSAS Patients: A Surgically Oriented Perspective 3 History-Taking and Clinical Examination 4 Sleep Studies 5 Imaging 6 Drug Induced Sedation Endoscopy (DISE) 7 Patient Selection Part II: Surgery 8 Transoral Robotic Surgery as Single Level Surgery for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea 9 TORS in a Multilevel Procedure 10 Alternative Procedures 11 Robotic Setting 12 Surgical Anatomy in Trans-oral Robotic Procedure: Basic Fundamentals 13 Trans Oral Robotic Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: An Anesthetist's Point of View 14 Technique: How We do It Part III: Post-Operative Concerns 15 Post-Operative Management of Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea 16 Expected Outcomes 17 Complication Management 18 Short- and Long-term Dysphagia 19 Failures Management Part IV: TORS for OSAS in Geographic Perspective: How to Run a Program in Different Countries 20 The North American Experience 21 The South American Experience 22 The European Experience <23 The Middle East Experience 24 The Far Eastern Experience < 25 The Australian Experience Part V: Research and Future Perspectives 26 Research and Future Perspectives

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Claudio Vicini, MD Head & Neck Department, ASL Romagna Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Unit, Stomatology and Oral Surgery Unit,  GB Morgagni – L Pierantoni Hospital (Forlì),  Infermi Hospital (Faenza), Italy Paul Theodore Hoff, MS, MD University of Michigan Hospital Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Filippo Montevecchi, MD Head & Neck Department, ASL Romagna Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Unit, Stomatology and Oral Surgery Unit,  GB Morgagni – L Pierantoni Hospital (Forlì),  Infermi Hospital (Faenza), Italy

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