Surgery reduces accident risk in sleep apnea patients

Tamara Ceaikovski

Wiley Jan 22 2025 Sleepiness at the wheel is a significant contributing factor to motor vehicle accidents. A new analysis published in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery reveals that for people with sleep apnea, getting surgery for their condition may lessen their risk of such accidents compared with using a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) device at night or receiving no treatment. In the analysis of data on 2,832,437 patients with obstructive sleep apnea, 3.4% of patients who

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