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Title TransOral robotic surgery for obstructive sleep apnea : a practical guide to surgical approach and patient management / Claudio Vicini, Paul T. Hoff, Filippo Montevecchi, editors
Published Switzerland : Springer, 2016

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Contents 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 Anesthetists 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
Summary 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
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 15, 2016)
Subject Sleep apnea syndromes -- Surgery
Surgical robots.
Sleep Apnea Syndromes -- surgery
Neurology & clinical neurophysiology.
Neurosurgery.
Surgery.
MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
Surgical robots
Form Electronic book
Author Vicini, Claudio, editor
Hoff, Paul T., editor
Montevecchi, Filippo, editor
ISBN 9783319340401
3319340409