Table 4. Invasive surgery to the base of the tongue/hypopharynx without additional interventions in obstructive sleep apnea.
No of studies | No (patients) | AHI pre | AHI post | Success (%) | EBM | |
Hyoid suspension | 3 [e95–e97] | 60 | 36 | 21.1 | 49.5 | C |
Partial resection of the tongue | 5 [e98–e103] | 96 | 49.5 | 25.4 | 54.4 | B |
Tongue suspension | 3 [e104–e106] | 37 | 33.6 | 19.8 | 28.6 | C |
Genioglossus advancement* | None | D |
AHI, apnea-hypopnea index; pre, preoperatively; post, postoperatively; EBM, level of recommendation according to evidence based medicine;
*osteosynthetic advancement of the genioglossus muscle