ABSTRACT
A study reviewed the results with an isolated modified hyoid suspension to suspend the intact hyoid bone to the superior aspect of the thyroid cartilage (5). Postoperative sleep studies and subjective symptomatology revealed that 75% of subjects had correction of their excessive daytime sleepiness and marked improvement in their sleep disorders. The mean preoperative and postoperative RDI were 44.7 (SD 22.6) and 12.8 (SD 6.9), respectively, while the mean preoperative and postoperative LSAT were 82% (SD 6%) and 86% (SD 5%), respectively. The conclusions were that in selected patients, the modified HM procedure appears to offer significant adjunctive treatment to hypopharyngeal obstruction.
