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Chest, Vol 84, 184-185, Copyright © 1983 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Sleep apnea syndrome treated by repair of deviated nasal septum

D Heimer, SM Scharf, A Lieberman and P Lavie

Sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) often presents a difficult therapeutic problem to the clinician since many of the accepted modes of therapy are associated with only partial success or with a number of long-term complications. We present three patients with obstructive SAS in whom dramatic clinical improvement occurred following repair of a deviated nasal septum. The subjective improvement was associated with a diminution in the number and duration of obstructive apnea episodes as observed during a standard sleep study. Because of its simplicity and low rate of complication, we propose that repair of a deviated nasal septum be further evaluated as a mode of therapy for this condition.


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