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Re:Two nights of broken sleep can make people feel years old... by giantg2 on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @10:33AM (#39839693)
"The number of variables for sleep apnea is large to have certainty."

Clearly they have to know which part of your airway is restricted. Most of the variables for sleep apnea are not related to the surgey, just factors that make it more likely to experience that restricted airway (drinking, weight, etc).

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Re:Two nights of broken sleep can make people feel years old... by e40 on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @12:43PM (#39841477)
I have sleep apnea and I use a CPAP. During the diagnosis, there were tests but nothing that would/could finger a physical culprit that could be fixed via surgery.

My question is, what tools are there to narrow, to a certainty, what would need to be done via surgery? In all my research I have found none. Maybe I missed them. If I did not, then it amounts to a guess by a surgeon. And that's what worries me and has fed a lot of the horror stories I've read about.

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