UNASSIGNED: This study seeks to determine the success rates of the expansion sphincter pharyngoplasty and its variants on the treatment of @entity27 ( @entity27 ). Systematic review and meta-analysis. Two independent searches of MEDLINE, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library and Evidence Based Medicine Reviews to identify publications relevant to @entity27 and expansion pharyngoplasty. All relevant studies published before 31 March 2015 were included. Five studies were included in the systematic review and meta-analysis. The numbers of @entity1 in each paper ranged from 10 to 85 (total  =  155), and mean age ranged from 8 to 56  years. Substantial and consistent improvement in PSG outcomes were observed post-expansion pharyngoplasty @entity1 , with or without multilevel surgery groups. The results showed that the expansion pharyngoplasty technique has significantly lower AHI than control group [Standardised mean difference -7.32, 95  %CI (-11.11, -3.52), p  =  0.0002]; however, substantial heterogeneity between these studies were observed. The mean pre-operative AHI (in the five papers) improved from 40.0      12.6 to 8.3      5.2 post-operatively. The overall pro-rated pooled success rate for all the @entity1 was 86.3  %. The expansion pharyngoplasty is effective in the management of @entity1 with @entity27 .

Expansion sphincter pharyngoplasty for the treatment of XXXX : a systemic review and meta-analysis.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity27 :: ('MESH:D020181', 'Disease') :: ['OSA', 'obstructive sleep apnea']
@entity27 :: (MESH:D020181,Disease) :: ['OSA']
