Gabriel Santos De Freitas

By Eduardo Amaro Bogaz, André Freitas Cavallini da Silva, Davi Knoll Ribeiro and Gabriel dos Santos Freitas

The Meniere’s disease is a chronic condition that requires treatment for long time and whose control is not always easy to achieve, requiring some multidrug treatments, and sometimes even procedures. We have many drugs and procedures to the treatment of Meniere’s disease which may be taken according to the stage of disease and individual features.

Part of the book: Up to Date on Meniere's Disease

By Gabriel Santos De Freitas

The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of COBLATION midline glossectomy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) when used as an isolated or with palatal procedure. We also aim to compare the effect of this surgical procedure. The combination of palatal procedures and tongue-based surgery in a single stage led to improvement in excessive daytime sleepiness, snoring, respiratory parameters of polysomnography (PSG), an overall improvement in quality of life, we can show how de tongue base procedures with COBLATION can give better results to all sleep apnea surgeries. Currently, there is a wide variety of surgical approaches to tongue-base modification in OSA patients, including radiofrequency ablation, COBLATION or laser assisted resection, tongue base suspension, genioglossus advancement, and robot-assisted resection. COBLATION midline glossectomy is an effective surgical procedure.

Part of the book: Obstructive Sleep Apnea