My ENT suggests that fixing my deviated septum can help my breathing as well as removing my tonsils. I don't use a Cpap. How will anesthia work?
Answer: I have mild sleep apnea and really big tonsils and a deviated septum is a rhinoplasty safe? Yes, a rhinoplasty is safe and if done properly should help with your sleep apnea and associated snoring that you may likely also be dealing with. See a board certified plastic surgeon and ask to look at photos of patients with similar pre-surgical situations. Good luck.
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Answer: I have mild sleep apnea and really big tonsils and a deviated septum is a rhinoplasty safe? Yes, a rhinoplasty is safe and if done properly should help with your sleep apnea and associated snoring that you may likely also be dealing with. See a board certified plastic surgeon and ask to look at photos of patients with similar pre-surgical situations. Good luck.
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October 27, 2016
Answer: Nasal surgery in patient with mild sleep apnea Hello. Thank you for your question. Obstructive sleep apnea is typically related to airway obstruction in the throat (pharynx) that occurs when the muscles around the pharynx relax during sleep and allow collapse of the soft tissues of the pharynx when lying supine. This can occur at various levels in the pharynx, and a thorough analysis of the airway is required to determine where the obstruction is occurring, in order to determine the best plan for treatment. If your sleep apnea is mild and your tonsils are very large, then a tonsillectomy may significantly improve the airway obstruction that you are experiencing during sleep. With regards to your nose, nasal surgery alone is typically not considered a treatment for sleep apnea. However, if you have difficulty breathing through your nose and there is significant obstruction of your nasal airway from a deviated nasal septum or enlargement of the turbinates, then performing a septoplasty and turbinate reduction, with or without rhinoplasty, can certainly improve nasal breathing and potentially enhance the improvement in your breathing during sleep that you get from tonsillectomy. With regards to anesthesia, these procedures are performed under general anesthesia. Since your sleep apnea is mild, it should not significantly increase your anesthesia risk. I hope this information is helpful. I wish you the best with your surgery and recovery.
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October 27, 2016
Answer: Nasal surgery in patient with mild sleep apnea Hello. Thank you for your question. Obstructive sleep apnea is typically related to airway obstruction in the throat (pharynx) that occurs when the muscles around the pharynx relax during sleep and allow collapse of the soft tissues of the pharynx when lying supine. This can occur at various levels in the pharynx, and a thorough analysis of the airway is required to determine where the obstruction is occurring, in order to determine the best plan for treatment. If your sleep apnea is mild and your tonsils are very large, then a tonsillectomy may significantly improve the airway obstruction that you are experiencing during sleep. With regards to your nose, nasal surgery alone is typically not considered a treatment for sleep apnea. However, if you have difficulty breathing through your nose and there is significant obstruction of your nasal airway from a deviated nasal septum or enlargement of the turbinates, then performing a septoplasty and turbinate reduction, with or without rhinoplasty, can certainly improve nasal breathing and potentially enhance the improvement in your breathing during sleep that you get from tonsillectomy. With regards to anesthesia, these procedures are performed under general anesthesia. Since your sleep apnea is mild, it should not significantly increase your anesthesia risk. I hope this information is helpful. I wish you the best with your surgery and recovery.
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October 27, 2016
Answer: Obstructive sleep apnea and rhinoplasty...things to know Obstructive sleep apnea is a spectrum of obstruction which happens at night time. Obstruction of the nasal passages can contribute, but is usually not the cause of, obstructive sleep apnea. Correcting the nasal obstruction with a septoplasty, turbinoplasty, and possibly a rhinoplasty (in some cases) will improve the nasal breathing, and might help out with the snoring and or sleep apnea.If you are still electing to improve the appearance of your nose, the rhinoplasty will not be covered by insurance. Regardless of insurance coverage, the rhinoplasty can be performed at the same time as the other procedures. Surgery to improve sleep apnea is usually quite safe. The more mild the sleep apnea, the less chance of anesthesia problems. You should make sure that you have and experienced surgeon as well as anesthesia team. If indeed your sleep apnea is primarily due to your large tonsils, removing them well immediately improve your sleep apnea, so your recovery should be relatively uneventful from that point of view. If you are looking to have the tonsil and nasal work done at the same time, I would seek out a facial plastic surgeon ( who is also board certified in ENT) so you can have a work done by one surgeon. Otherwise, you will need to coordinate the surgery with 2 separate surgeons, or have separate operations at different times.Best wishes, MKB
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October 27, 2016
Answer: Obstructive sleep apnea and rhinoplasty...things to know Obstructive sleep apnea is a spectrum of obstruction which happens at night time. Obstruction of the nasal passages can contribute, but is usually not the cause of, obstructive sleep apnea. Correcting the nasal obstruction with a septoplasty, turbinoplasty, and possibly a rhinoplasty (in some cases) will improve the nasal breathing, and might help out with the snoring and or sleep apnea.If you are still electing to improve the appearance of your nose, the rhinoplasty will not be covered by insurance. Regardless of insurance coverage, the rhinoplasty can be performed at the same time as the other procedures. Surgery to improve sleep apnea is usually quite safe. The more mild the sleep apnea, the less chance of anesthesia problems. You should make sure that you have and experienced surgeon as well as anesthesia team. If indeed your sleep apnea is primarily due to your large tonsils, removing them well immediately improve your sleep apnea, so your recovery should be relatively uneventful from that point of view. If you are looking to have the tonsil and nasal work done at the same time, I would seek out a facial plastic surgeon ( who is also board certified in ENT) so you can have a work done by one surgeon. Otherwise, you will need to coordinate the surgery with 2 separate surgeons, or have separate operations at different times.Best wishes, MKB
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