Repose Procedure
The Repose Procedure is an FDA approved minimally-invasive procedure which stabilizes and prevents the tongue from collapsing back and obstructing the airway passage. This innovative treatment addresses the inadequacies of current treatment options and offers a novel and cost-effective solution to improve clinical outcomes and increase patient satisfaction.
The Repose Procedure offers a new, unique option for the millions of sufferers of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and snoring. A significant factor in OSA can be repetetive collapsing of the tongue base, resulting in partial or complete obstruction of the upper airway passage.
Those suffering from OSA experience repetitive cessation of breathing during sleep, persistent sleep arousal, sleep deprivation, impairment of memory and excessive daytime sleepiness, which may ultimately lead to death. Snoring is often associated with OSA and it is estimated that 24% of males and 14% of females snore.
The procedures can typically be performed in the hospital in less than 1 hour. The recovery time from the surgery is is generally much shorter relative to some older procedures.
