The UCSF Sleep Surgery Center is dedicated to offering individualized care for patients with snoring and/or sleep apnea. Each patient coming for consultation can expect a detailed analysis of his/her history, sleep studies, and a thorough head and neck exam, followed by individualized recommendations for treatment.
We offer surgical treatments for sleep apnea disorders including:
- Snoring
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Patients intolerant to CPAP or BiPAP
- Nasal obstruction or blockage
- Deviated septum
- Turbinate hypertrophy
Benefits of Sleep Apnea Surgery include:
- Treatment for sleep apnea for patients who cannot use CPAP or non-surgical therapies
- Reduction in snoring
- Improved breathing at nighttime
- Improved sleep quality
- Reduction of health risks associated with sleep apnea
Services and Procedures we offer:
- Diagnostic upper airway evaluation
- Drug Induced Sleep Endoscopy (DISE)
- Tonsillectomy
- Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
- Expansion sphincter pharyngoplasty
- Laser assisted uvulopalatoplasty (LAUP)
- Uvulopalatal Flap
- Palate radiofrequency treatments
- Lingual tonsillectomy
- Transoral Robotic Surgery for base of tongue surgery
- Tongue base radiofrequency treatment
- Hyoid suspension
- Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulator Implantation (Inspire)
- Septoplasty
- Inferior turbinate reduction
Research:
Clinical Trial for treatment of sleep apnea. Learn more about the MAGNAP Clinical Trial.
News piece on MAGNAP.