There are many different operations that can be done for the treatment of snoring. Surgery to improve the nasal airway, Surgery to remove enlarged lymphoid tissue, Surgery to the soft palate alone, More involved surgery such as Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.
All surgery is irreversible.
Surgery to Improve the Nasal Airway Operations can be performed to straighten deviated septums, remove polyps, remove nasal cartilage, or strip the lining of the nose. It is often difficult to predict when these operations will be effective. This is the tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy that many baby-boomers will have had as a routine when they were children. Physicians are now much more selective in choosing who will have this surgery. Enlarged lymphoid tissue is one of the more common causes of snoring and OSA in children.