Hyoid suspension, the Glossary
Hyoid suspension, also known as hyoid myotomy and suspension or hyoid advancement, is a surgical procedure or sleep surgery in which the hyoid bone and its muscle attachments to the tongue and airway are pulled forward with the aim of increasing airway size and improving airway stability in the retrolingual and hypopharyngeal airway (airway behind and below the base of tongue).[1]
Table of Contents
7 relations: American Sleep Apnea Association, Apnea–hypopnea index, Hyoid bone, Obstructive sleep apnea, Sleep surgery, Surgery, Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.
- Sleep surgery
- Tongue surgery
American Sleep Apnea Association
The American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA) is a non-profit organization founded in 1990 by persons with sleep apnea, health care providers and researchers.
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Apnea–hypopnea index
The Apnea–Hypopnea Index or Apnoea–Hypopnoea Index (AHI) is an index used to indicate the severity of sleep apnea.
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Hyoid bone
The hyoid bone (lingual bone or tongue-bone) is a horseshoe-shaped bone situated in the anterior midline of the neck between the chin and the thyroid cartilage.
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Obstructive sleep apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common sleep-related breathing disorder and is characterized by recurrent episodes of complete or partial obstruction of the upper airway leading to reduced or absent breathing during sleep.
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Sleep surgery
Sleep surgery is a surgery performed to treat sleep disordered breathing.
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Surgery
Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (i.e., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass), to reconstruct or improve aesthetics and appearance (cosmetic surgery), or to remove unwanted tissues (body fat, glands, scars or skin tags) or foreign bodies.
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Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (also known by the abbreviations UPPP and UP3) is a surgical procedure or sleep surgery used to remove tissue and/or remodel tissue in the throat. Hyoid suspension and Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty are sleep surgery.
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See also
Sleep surgery
- Genioglossus advancement
- Hyoid suspension
- Hypoglossal nerve stimulator
- Maxillomandibular advancement
- Sleep surgery
- Tonsillectomy
- Tracheotomy
- Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
Tongue surgery
- Frenuloplasty of tongue
- Genioglossus advancement
- Glossectomy
- Hyoid suspension
- Lingual frenectomy