Analgesia and patient comfort after enhanced recovery after surgery in uvulopalatopharyngoplasty: a randomised controlled pilot study

Analgesia and patient comfort after enhanced recovery after surgery in uvulopalatopharyngoplasty: a randomised controlled pilot study

Abstract Background Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty(UPPP) is the most prevalent surgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, but postoperative pharyngeal pain may affect patient comfort. The enhanced recovery after surgery pathway has been proved beneficial to many types of surgery but not to UPPP yet....

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Main Authors: Fei Huang, Minxue Wang, Huixin Chen, Nan Cheng, Yanling Wang, Di Wu, Shaoli Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
Subjects:
Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
Obstructive sleep apnoea hypoventilation syndrome
Enhanced recovery after surgery
Post-operative pharyngeal pain
Patient comfort
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-021-01458-8

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