[Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty and laser assisted uvulopalatoplasty in treatment of patients with sleep related breathing disorders].

In the years 1996-1999 in the Department of Otolaryngology of Medical Academy in Warsaw 58 patients with respiratory disorders during sleep were treated using uvulopalatoplasty in 35 cases and laser uvulopalatoplasty in 23 cases. The authors describes operation technique, qualification criteria and results assessed on the basis of basic values of polysomnographic study as well as subjective feelings of patients.