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Posted by michelle --Previous Message--
on 7/11/2006, 9:25 pm, in reply to "sleep apnea post surgery"
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: Hello, just a quick question to anyone
: that has been through pharyngoplasty
: or z-plasty!!!
: My son has developed sleep apnea
: during REM.
: The respiratory doc wants to reverse
: the pharyngoplasty, the plastic
: surgeon wants his to have c-pap and
: my ENT is thinking of doin a
: tonsillectomy!!!!
:
: Has anyone else been in this
: situation, if so what has your
: outcome been?
:
: We are due to go back at end of
: Feb.....
: Any advice would be helpful its
: terribly upsetting to think that he
: went through that operation just to
: have to have it taken down....or now
: knowing it has caused more problems
:
: Thanks
: Melonie
: mum to hayden 6 connor (vcfs) 4 and
: tyler 3
:
My son had a pharyngeal flap repair in 1 1/2 ago at 6 years of age. He had a Z-0 plasty done at 4 with no success. The apnea following was baaad!! It sounded like a freight train. Once his swelling went down, it did take a couple of months, the apnea disapeared. The surgery in my mind was a success, he is talking better every day, though it took a full year.
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