Management of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (eBook)

Dr D.S.Deenadayal graduated from osmania university in India.He is a medical director and senior consultant at Deenadayal ENT care centre and Shenoy Hospitals Secunderabad. He has more than 20 publications in international and national journals and has delivered numerous prestigious orations in various national and international conferences. He has been invited as guest faculty to deliver lectures as well as demonstrate live surgeries in conferences and workshops. He is the Patron for IASSA[Indian association of surgeons for sleep apnea] He is the member of IASSA, AOI[Association of otolaryngologist of India] and AAOHNS [American academy of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery]. Dr Deenadayal was the first ENT surgeon in India to start using radiofrequency in ENT Surgeries. With more than 39 years of clinical ENT practice and more than 20 years experience in sleep medicine ,he has been performing surgeries for snoring and OSA with good results. Having such a huge experience in sleep medicine , he has been organising chairman for numerous workshops and conferences on snoring and sleep apnea.

Dr Vyshnavi Bommakanti is a consultant ENT surgeon at Shenoy Hospitals and Gleneagles Global Hospital Hyderabad. She has more than 20 articles to her credit in various national and international journals. Dr Vyshnavi is a recipient of best outgoing student during her MBBS , as well as best junior consultant paper award in the TELANGANA state conference for 3 consecutive years 2016 and 2017 and 2018. Dr Vyshnavi completed her DNB under the guidance of Dr Deenadayal in 2014 and holds fellowship in rhinology and anterior skull base surgery from the university of Graz Austria and Bombay Hospital Mumbai. She was also invited to deliver a guest lecture in the German ENT congress, Erfurt in 2017. Keeping up with her passion for teaching, she is a renowned educator for ENT on online coaching platform for students appearing for the postgraduate entrance exams.

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There are many books describing in detail the evaluation,diagnosis and management of OSA, but this is a first practical guide which comprehensively describes this condition. The incidence of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea is on rise and this practical guide will help not just specialists but also residents and fellows in treating their patients with Obstructive sleep apnea. Essential information is summarized in the form of charts and surgical steps are summarized in the form of diagrammatic illustration making it easy for the learners.This book additionally would help the medical practitioners to get a practical insight in the management of patients .This book will describe each entity of sleep disordered breathing, evidence based protocols , diagnostic tools required for identifying , medical therapies that will help in appropriate patients, Devices that can be used for its management . This book will also describe on how to select patients for surgery and how tailor the surgery as per the anatomy of the patient.