Patient selection: uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
Serious complications include 30-day mortality, respiratory events, cardiovascular events, stroke, hemorrhage, thromboembolism, wound infection, coma, renal failure, sepsis.
Serious complication rate: around 2%
Risk factors for serious complications after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty:
(1) high body mass index (mean 35.4 kg per square meter)
(2) high apnea-hypopnea index (mean 52.8)
(3) Charlson comoribidity index (2 or more)
(4) concurrent nonnasal upper airway and/or retrolingual procedure
(5) ASA class 4 (complications very rare for ASA class 1)
where:
• Retrolingual procedures included tongue excision and genioglossus advancement.
