The relationship of tongue fat content and efficacy of uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in Chinese patients with obstructive sleep apnea

[1] Gottlieb DJ(2020)Diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnea: a review JAMA 323 1389-400

[2] Punjabi NM(2019)Estimation of the global prevalence and burden of obstructive sleep apnoea: a literature-based analysis Lancet Respir Med 7 687-98

[3] Benjafield AV(2016)ENT-specific therapy of obstructive sleep apnoea in adults: a revised version of the previously published german S2e guideline Sleep Breath 20 1301-11

[4] Ayas NT(2013)Increased prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in adults Am J Epidemiol 177 1006-14

[5] Eastwood PR(2020)Effect of weight loss on Upper Airway anatomy and the Apnea-Hypopnea Index. The importance of Tongue Fat Am J Respir Crit Care Med 201 718-27

[6] Verse T(2003)Identification of upper airway anatomic risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea with volumetric magnetic resonance imaging Am J Respir Crit Care Med 168 522-30

[7] Dreher A(2012)Upper airway fat tissue distribution in subjects with obstructive sleep apnea and its effect on retropalatal mechanical loads Respir Care 57 1098-105

[8] Heiser C(2000)Neuromuscular specializations of the pharyngeal dilator muscles: II. Compartmentalization of the canine genioglossus muscle Anat Rec 260 308-25

[9] Peppard PE(2004)Tongue mechanical characteristics and genioglossus muscle EMG in obstructive sleep apnoea patients Respir Physiol Neurobiol 140 155-64

[10] Young T(2014)Tongue fat and its relationship to obstructive sleep apnea Sleep 37 1639-48

[1] Gottlieb DJ(2020)Diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnea: a review JAMA 323 1389-400

[2] Punjabi NM(2019)Estimation of the global prevalence and burden of obstructive sleep apnoea: a literature-based analysis Lancet Respir Med 7 687-98

[3] Benjafield AV(2016)ENT-specific therapy of obstructive sleep apnoea in adults: a revised version of the previously published german S2e guideline Sleep Breath 20 1301-11

[4] Ayas NT(2013)Increased prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in adults Am J Epidemiol 177 1006-14

[5] Eastwood PR(2020)Effect of weight loss on Upper Airway anatomy and the Apnea-Hypopnea Index. The importance of Tongue Fat Am J Respir Crit Care Med 201 718-27

[6] Verse T(2003)Identification of upper airway anatomic risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea with volumetric magnetic resonance imaging Am J Respir Crit Care Med 168 522-30

[7] Dreher A(2012)Upper airway fat tissue distribution in subjects with obstructive sleep apnea and its effect on retropalatal mechanical loads Respir Care 57 1098-105

[8] Heiser C(2000)Neuromuscular specializations of the pharyngeal dilator muscles: II. Compartmentalization of the canine genioglossus muscle Anat Rec 260 308-25

[9] Peppard PE(2004)Tongue mechanical characteristics and genioglossus muscle EMG in obstructive sleep apnoea patients Respir Physiol Neurobiol 140 155-64

[10] Young T(2014)Tongue fat and its relationship to obstructive sleep apnea Sleep 37 1639-48