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Table 4 Evaluation of the pre- and postoperative polysomnographic findings and ESS scores in both groups

From: Can drug-induced sleep endoscopy improve the success rates of tongue base surgery?

 

MM group (n = 47)

DISE group (n = 48)

Pre Op

Post Op

P-value

Pre Op

Post Op

P-value

AHI

39.7 ± 18.8

20.0 ± 13.9

< 0.001***

48.1 ± 20.7

24.3 ± 20.1

< 0.001***

Supine AHI

53.5 ± 22.5

32.1 ± 22.9

0.002**

62.0 ± 21.5

32.3 ± 25.3

< 0.001***

AHINREM

39.3 ± 19.2

19.2 ± 14.0

< 0.001***

49.8 ± 22.2

24.0 ± 21.2

< 0.001***

AHIREM

36.2 ± 22.4

18.7 ± 13.3

< 0.001***

50.4 ± 25.5

24.5 ± 20.2

< 0.001***

Nadir O2 saturation (%)

80.3 ± 7.0

83.3 ± 8.3

0.018*

77.7 ± 9.1

84.3 ± 7.0

< 0.001***

ESS

9.4 ± 4.9

7.7 ± 4.1

< 0.014*

8.1 ± 5.2

7.4 ± 5.0

0.165

  1. Data are represented as mean ± standard deviation
  2. Abbreviations: MM Muller’s maneuver, DISE Drug-induced sleep endoscopy, AHI Apnea-hypopnea index, NREM Non-rapid eye movement sleep, REM Rapid eye movement sleep, ESS Epworth sleepiness scale
  3. * p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001; statistical analyses were performed using paired t-test