Stop Snoring Surgery
Find out about cost, options and types.
Stop Snoring Surgery is one of the snoring solutions that recently gained a lot of attention in the news.
But how effective is snoring surgery in solving your snoring problem?
You might be asking questions like,
Does it really work?
How successful is snoring surgery?
What are my snoring surgery options?
How much does snoring surgery cost?
These are the questions I hope to answer on this page.
People have a lot of fears about surgery, any kind of surgery. In this age we know that surgery is a medical procedure that has saved lives and will continue to do so.
First, let me say that I only recommend that you choose to have surgery for your snoring problem if it is very severe or is a symptom of diseases like sleep apnea or other breathing problems.
There are many other snoring solutions like Anti Snoring Mouthpiece, Stop Snoring Exercises, Snoring Pillows, Snoring Sprays, Pills for Snoring, Snoring Chinstraps, Snoring Rings and other Natural Snoring Remedies. You should try out these remedies first and if they don’t work, only then should you turn to snoring surgery as a solution.
Stop Snoring surgery is a very simple procedure that involves the reconstruction of the inner mouth and throat to eliminate snoring. Snoring sound is caused by constrictions in the flow of air and snoring surgery corrects this.
Types of Stop Snoring Surgeries
There are basically 5 types. They are,
- Uvulopalatoharyngoplasty, also know in it’s abbreviated form as (UPPP).It is a stop snoring surgical procedure that involves the removal of excessive throat tissue like the uvula tissue, adenoids, and tissues within the pharynx and tonsils. This procedure opens the passage way for the free flow of air. UPPP is one of the most effective type of stop snoring surgery and has 46% to 75% success rate.
Cons
- It will be hard to swallow food or drink liquid for a few weeks till your throat totally heals.
- You will experience pain for a while after this procedure.
- There have been cases where this procedure left a scarring and induced sleep apnea.
- The uvula is important in the pronunciation of words in some languages like Arabic and Native American languages.
Pros
- This procedure is very efficient.
- Laser-Assisted uvulopalatoplasty (LAUP) is variation of Uvulopalatoharyngoplasty that is done by laser. In this procedure the laser is used to vaporize the vulva. It is the most effective laser surgery for snoring.
Pros
- This procedure is considered safer and more economical.
- Unlike, Uvulopalatoharyngoplasty it can be repeated until the desired result is obtained.
Cons
- The post operations pain experienced is still the same as theUvulopalatoharyngoplasty procedure.
- Since this procedure is usually repeated till the desired result is achieved you have be ready to endure the post operative pain each time.
- Somnoplasty, also known as Radio Frequency Tissue Ablation (RFTA) involves the use of a needle electrode to discharge energy waves that shrinks excessive tissues in the throat.
Pros
- This procedure is fast.
- It can be performed in an out-patient clinic.
- It is less painful.
Cons
- It is a new procedure and is still not widely practiced.
- It requires several treatment sessions until the desired result is achieved.
- Septoplasty is another surgery to correct snoring that involves the correction of nasal septum deviation. The nasal septum is a thin wall dividing the nose in two. In some humans it is not centered and is deviated to one side of the nose there by inducing snoring.
- Pillar procedure also known as palatal implantation is a procedure where tiny plastic implants are placed in the soft palate through a syringe. The aim is to harden the soft palate so as to reduce the vibrations of snoring.
Using surgery to stop snoring is effective but there are less invasive snoring solutions that are also very effective. Visit my stop snoring solutions page to read more about these solutions.
You can also check How to Stop Snoring, to learn more about top snoring solutions.
