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Barbed Pharyngoplasty and Sleep Disordered Breathing

  • First monography dedicated to barbed pharyngoplasties
  • Discusses in detail the surgical techniques of barbed pharyngoplasties for sleep apnea treatment.
  • Written by international well-known experts in sleep apnea surgery

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Table of contents (43 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Evolution of Palatal Surgery for Sleep-Disordered Breathing

    • Hsueh-Yu Li, Li-Ang Lee, Ming-Shao Tsai, Shih-Chieh Shen
    Pages 1-10
  3. The New Generation of Palate Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

    • Kenny P. Pang, Plaza Guillermo, Peter M. Baptista, Carlos O’Connor Reina, Edward B. Pang, Scott B. Pang
    Pages 11-24
  4. Barbed Suture Technology

    • Giovanni Cammaroto, Henry Zhang, Ying-Shuo Hsu, Rodolfo Lugo, Bruno Galletti, Luca Burgio
    Pages 25-30
  5. Overview of Barbed Suture in Non-ENT Surgery

    • R. Sgarzani, S. Pasquali, F. Marongiu
    Pages 31-38
  6. Overview of Different Barbed Procedures for Sleep Breathing Disorders

    • Claudio Vicini, Fabrizio Salamanca
    Pages 39-40
  7. Barbed Surgery Related Anatomy

    • Federico Leone, Fabrizio Salamanca, Vittorio Rinaldi
    Pages 53-64
  8. Surgical Simulation for Barbed Pharyngoplasties

    • Vittorio Rinaldi, Lorenzo Pignataro
    Pages 65-70
  9. New Philosophy in Palate-Oropharynx Procedures

    • Fabrizio Salamanca, Lorenzo Pignataro, Fabrizio Costantini
    Pages 71-87
  10. Barbed Anterior Pharyngoplasty

    • Giulia Anna Marciante, Silvia De Santi, Fabrizio Salamanca
    Pages 89-98
  11. Barbed Lateral Pharyngoplasty

    • Alessandro Bianchi, Federico Leone, Roberto Bellotto, Fabrizio Salamanca
    Pages 99-113
  12. Circular Pharyngoplasties

    • Alessandro Bianchi, Vittorio Rinaldi, Federico Leone, Fabrizio Salamanca, Lorenzo Pignataro
    Pages 115-130
  13. Barbed Snore Surgery: The Learning Curve

    • Federico Leone, Silvia De Santi, Fabrizio Salamanca
    Pages 131-136
  14. Barbed Reposition Pharyngoplasty (BRP)

    • Claudio Vicini, Federico Faedi, Giannicola Iannella
    Pages 137-154
  15. Candidates to Barbed Reposition Pharyngoplasty

    • Claudio Vicini, Jerome R. Lechien, Angelo Eplite, Tiziano Perrone, Giuseppe Magliulo, Marco de Vincentiis et al.
    Pages 155-176
  16. Barbed Reposition Pharyngoplasty (BRP): Surgical Technique

    • Claudio Vicini, Giannicola Iannella
    Pages 177-192
  17. Barbed Reposition Pharyngoplasty (BRP): Postoperative Management, Outcomes Evaluation, and Follow-Up

    • Giuseppe Meccariello, Pier Carlo Frasconi, Sabrina Frassineti, Chiara Bellini, Elisabetta Firinu, Eleonora Cioccoloni et al.
    Pages 193-200
  18. Barbed Reposition Pharyngoplasty (BRP): Intraoperative and Postoperative Complications

    • Giovanni Cammaroto, Giampiero Gulotta, Angelo Eplite, Tiziano Perrone, Claudia Irene Visconti, Angelo Cannavicci et al.
    Pages 201-206
  19. Effectiveness of Barbed Repositioning Pharyngoplasty for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA): Prospective Outcomes, Multicentric Studies and Review of Literature Results

    • Filippo Montevecchi, Giovanni Cammaroto, Giannicola Iannella, Angelo Cannavicci, Henry Zhang, Elisa Raggini et al.
    Pages 207-224

About this book

This book offers a detailed description of the main barbed pharyngoplasty techniques for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.  These innovative techniques have spread in recent years and are considered as a validated alternative to the classic respective techniques.

The book covers the barbed pharyngoplasty selection criteria, the surgical technique, and discusses the post-operative results. It also includes some chapters on the experience of surgical sleep centers in various parts of the world.

Written by leading experts in the field of sleep surgery, this book will be interesting for ENT specialists, oral surgeons, maxillo-facial surgeons, plastic surgeons, sleep doctors, neurologists and pneumologists.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Otolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy

    Claudio Vicini

  • Department of Otolaryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy

    Fabrizio Salamanca

  • Department of ‘Organi di Senso’, University “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

    Giannicola Iannella

About the editors

Claudio Vicini is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at Bologna University and Ferrara University, Italy. He is Director of the Head and Neck Department of AUSL of Romagna, Italy. He is a Visiting Professor of the Hamad Foundation for Sleep Surgery in Doha (Qatar) and board member of the Florida Hospital Nicholson Center Global Faculty, Celebration (USA). He is Co-Director of a Post Graduate Course of Sleep Disordered Breathing Surgery (EOS-DRS) and past-president of the Italian Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery.

Fabrizio Salamanca is the Director of the center for the diagnosis and treatment of snoring and sleep related disorders -  Humanitas San Pio X Hospital, Milan, Italy and Co-Director of a Post Graduate Course of Sleep Disordered Breathing Surgery (EOS-DRS). He authored many papers in the field of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and he led the development of two surgical techniques for its treatment ("Barbed Anterior Pharyngoplasty: an evolution of anterior palatoplasty” and the ‘’Epiglottic Stiffening Operation’’).

Giannicola Iannella is an Otorhinolaryngologist of the Department of Head-Neck Surgery of the Morgagni Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì and researcher to the ‘Organi di Senso’ Department of the Sapienza University of Rome. He received a Ph.D.  in Advanced Technologies in Surgery from the University Sapienza of Rome, Italy. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Immunology Research, as guest editor for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and as Associate Editor to the PLOS-ONE Journal.  He is  author of more than 20 scientific papers in the field of sleep surgery and member of European Academy of Sleep Medicine.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Barbed Pharyngoplasty and Sleep Disordered Breathing

  • Editors: Claudio Vicini, Fabrizio Salamanca, Giannicola Iannella

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96169-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-96168-8Published: 03 September 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-96171-8Published: 04 September 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-96169-5Published: 02 September 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 422

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 234 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Otorhinolaryngology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Neurology, Pneumology/Respiratory System

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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