And then, if those things don't work, then by all means, to go ahead to one of the more surgical procedures. Realistically, it's probably less than half. Most people are not very compliant with a weight reduction program. People are usually good at losing weight, but they don't tend to keep it off. And it's not very easy to stay off your back at night.
Many people like to sleep on their back.
So, ultimately, over a period of time, many of my patients who are tried on conservative therapies do end up coming back for something more definitive. Well, it does. If you only snore on your back, the tennis ball works great. The idea is you put a tennis ball in a sock, take a couple of safety pins, pin the sock to a tee-shirt that you are wearing so that the sock and tennis ball are right in the middle of the shoulder blades. And it trains you to not sleep on the back.