UPPP is a medical abbreviation for uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, a surgery that involves removing the soft tissue at the back of the throat, including the uvula, soft palate, tonsils, and sometimes ...

You can stop snoring if you have sleep apnea by using a CPAP machine ... worse when sleeping on your back because the tongue and soft palate — the back of the roof of your mouth — are more ...

full-blown sleep apnea, and other problems that may occur if the condition is left untreated. A recent NIH-supported clinical trial showed that for children with mild SDB, the surgery helped lower ...

Snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA ... most often involves surgery in the nose, as nasal obstruction is associated with decreased CPAP acceptance and increased CPAP pressures. Occasionally, ...