Surgical Innovations and New Technologies for Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Chronic Care".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 April 2026 | Viewed by 932
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Interests: Sleep apnea and snoring; chronic rhinosinusitis; surgical innovation
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Interests: sinusitis; sleep apnea syndrome; rhinology; new surgical devices in ENT
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Dear Colleagues,
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common form of sleep-related breathing disorder. It is caused by complete or partial obstruction of the upper airway, has been demonstrated to be a risk factor for several diseases, and has been correlated with other non-medical consequences that increase OSA’s clinical and economic burden. According to several population-based studies, the prevalence of OSA(S) is relatively high, at approximately 3–7% for adult males and 2–5% for adult females in the general population.
Although OSA is very common, it is a frequently unrecognized cause of serious disability, with serious health and social consequences. Currently, OSA can be diagnosed with several methods from laboratory-based to home sleep testing. To date, the gold standard method is full-night polysomnography (PSG). However, it is an expensive examination (equipment, maintenance costs, staff costs, and full-night-time occupation of the laboratory), and it can also be bothersome due to the attached sensors and the exam taking place in an unfamiliar place. For these reasons, cheaper and portable devices have been developed to detect OSA outside the hospital setting. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is often used as first-line treatment; however, failure in long-term adherence to CPAP treatment was reported in 25–50% of cases. For these reasons, in recent years, OSA and snoring surgical management underwent significant changes with the introduction of new minimally invasive surgical procedures, making OSA surgery a reasonable alternative.
We encourage authors to submit original or review articles on related topics in the field of sleep apnea. This Special Issue of Healthcare is dedicated to offering an overview of these innovations. Topics of interest include (1) new diagnostic tools for screening, (2) telemedicine and mHealth, (3) new intrapharyngeal and hypopharyngeal surgical procedures, (4) surgical and non-surgical treatment of nasal obstruction in OSA patients, (5) myofunctional and rehabilitation therapy, (6) electrical stimulation devices, (7) multimodality treatment, and (8) international research networks.
Groups from all specialties are encouraged to submit original research, project reports, short reports, reviews, and opinion papers.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Antonio Moffa
Prof. Dr. Manuele Casale
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sleep apnea
- snoring
- sleep-related breathing disorders
- new technologies
- surgical innovations
- myofunctional therapy
- positional therapy
- mandibular advancement device and multimodality treatment
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