Transoral robotic surgery for sleep apnea syndrome]

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a multisystem disorder which adversely affects all body systems including cardiovascular system particularly and the quality of life. Although continuous positive airway pressure is an effective way of treatment in the treatment of OSAS, a substantial proportion of patients are not able to tolerate this treatment and seek for alternative treatment modalities. Transoral robotic lingual tonsillectomy is a novel technique for the surgical management of patients with OSAS. In this article, we report a 57-year-old female case with OSAS due to bilateral lingual tonsillar hypertrophy who underwent transoral robotic lingual tonsillectomy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of OSAS who underwent robotic lingual tonsillectomy in Turkish medical literature.