A new office-based procedure for treatment of snoring: The S.I.Le.N.C.E. study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of palatal foreshortening and stiffening in reducing snoring severity in nonobstructive sleep apnea (non-OSA) patients complaining of chronic disruptive snoring.

Methods

In a US-based 8-center, open-label, prospective, single-arm cohort study, 52 consenting adults with chronic disruptive snoring (snoring impacting a patient's life and causing patient or bed partner to seek medical intervention) were treated via office-based placement of resorbable, bidirectional, barbed suture implants into the soft palate under local anesthesia. Prior to intervention, home sleep tests (HSTs) were performed to rule out OSA and to document snoring noise level. Both subject and their bed/sleep partners (also consented) completed questionnaires

SUBMITTER: Friedman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7042659 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature