Patient Outcomes Can Measure Success of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Surgery

This is an interesting article from ENT Today looking at outcome measures of snoring and OSA surgery. One can measure hard sleep study data or look at patient-reported outcomes. Either way, surgery for OSA is worth considering for cases where CPAP does not deliver a solution

There is an interesting table comparing the Pros and Cons of patient-reported and physician-recorded data:

POLYSOMNOGRAPHY / SLEEP STUDY (PSG)

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Hard AHI data to compare surgery to baseline

Can show reductions in mortality risks eg if AHI drops from 100 to 50



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Does not capture full clinical picture eg symptom improvement, presence or absence of adverse effects or patient satisfaction with procedure

PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES (PROMs)

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Represents patient's general perception of well-being

Captures symptom improvement

Reports patient's satisfaction with surgery

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Does not yield objective data to compare post-op results with baseline

Cannot predict reduction in mortality risk

http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/4330421/Patient_Outcomes_Can_Measure_Success_of_Obstructive_Sleep_Apnea_Surgery.html