Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
원저

수면 무호흡 환자에서 비디오 내시경을 이용한 구개 인두부 움직임의 역동적 분석

전범조1, 조주은1,*, 천병준1, 이동희1, 조광재1
Beom-Cho Jun1, Ju-Eun Cho1,*, Byung-Joon Chun1, Dong-Hee Lee1, Kwang-Jae Cho1
1가톨릭대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실
1Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
*교신저자: 조주은, 480-130 경기도 의정부시 금오동 65-1 가톨릭대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실 전화: (031) 820-3589·전송: (031) 847-0038 E-mail: jechoent@catholic.ac.kr

© Copyright 2003 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Nov 05, 2003; Accepted: Nov 29, 2003

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Background and Objective: Polysomnography is a functional diagnostic tool recording the actual sleep apnea, but it fails to show the anatomical changes of the velopharyngeal area which occur during the sleep cycle, and it is not always feasible as a postoperative test because of its cost, and time-consuming nature. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of the fiberoptic endoscope video recording as an alternative pre- and postoperative test of the OSA patients. Materials and Method: 15 OSA patients who underwent UPPP were enrolled pre- and postoperatively. Snoring and daytime sleepiness were evaluated subjectively. The status of the velopharynx was recorded with fiberoptic videonasoendoscopy during voluntary palatal snoring and expiration. The images were reconstructed according to time sequence. Compliance and Collapsibility Index was calculated. Results: The average postoperative compliance of the velopharyngeal area decreased significantly. The Collapsibility Index significantly decreased after UPPP and significantly correlated with subjective symptoms. Conclusions: Fiberoptic nasoendoscopy is a simple but a useful method that can be used in dynamic evaluation of the pre- and postoperative velopharynx of OSA patients in outpatient basis. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2003;14:288-293)

Keywords: 수면 무호흡; 비디오 내시경
Keywords: Sleep apnea; Obstructive; Endoscope; Video recording