Surgical Treatment of Apnea

Keeping the airway open with targeted, personalized procedures

The most important thing when defining the ideal surgery to treat snoring and sleep apnea is to understand which sites of the airway are closing off the passage of air, and to act precisely at those sites, choosing the technique that best fits each need.

A personalized evaluation, knowledge of the most modern techniques, and access to cutting-edge technology make all the difference in the postoperative outcome and surgical effectiveness.

Since there are countless techniques acting at various sites — and they may or may not be combined — I created this interactive panel that shows which technique is applied where, its indication, how it is performed, and what recovery is like, so you can understand better and take an active part in the surgical process.

Get to know each of the procedures and see how each one treats a specific obstruction point and how it can help you sleep and live better.

Soft Palate Treatment

Barbed Suture to Open the Palate

Barbed reposition pharyngoplasty (BRP) is a modern, minimally invasive technique for treating the soft palate. It uses special sutures with small bidirectional barbs that reinforce and stabilize the tissues of the throat, improving the tension of the upper airway.

Lateral Wall Treatment

Functional Expansion Pharyngoplasty with the Da Vinci Robot

A revolutionary advance of this technique is Functional Expansion Pharyngoplasty (FEP) performed with the Da Vinci robotic system. This procedure combines the principles of traditional expansion pharyngoplasty with the precision and advantages of transoral robotic surgery. The robotic functional-expansion technique uses magnified 3D visualization and articulated instruments with 360-degree movement to reposition the palatopharyngeus muscle.

Base of Tongue Treatment

Robotic Lingual Tonsillectomy

Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) using the Da Vinci system represents the most advanced evolution in treating base-of-tongue obstruction. Robotic lingual tonsillectomy aims to remove the hypertrophied tissue at the base of the tongue, including the lingual tonsils.