ApneaLase: Laser Treatment for Sleep Apnea

Name: ApneaLase: Laser Treatment for Sleep Apnea
Uploaded: 2024-08-30T16:00:57+00:00
Duration: 41 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: A short informational video by Dr. Charles Mok describing ApneaLase, a laser therapy derived from NightLase technology originally used to reduce snoring…

30 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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A short informational video by Dr. Charles Mok describing ApneaLase, a laser therapy derived from NightLase technology originally used to reduce snoring. The speaker explains a typical protocol of three treatments spaced two weeks apart and reports an average reduction in AHI (apnea–hypopnea index) of about 67%, giving an example where an AHI of 30 (severe) would reduce to ~10 (moderate) and still warrant further treatment.

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Three treatments, two weeks apart.

About 67%.

An example: starting AHI 30 (severe) reduced by 67% to about 10 (moderate).

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We offer something called apnea lase. So it's a laser based on the Nightlase technology. Nightlase has been around, been used for over 10 years to reduce snoring. So it was originally used to shrink the tissues in the back of the throat to reduce snoring at night. But newer technology and techniques have shown us how to reduce or reverse the sleep apnea score. On average, doing three treatments two weeks apart, there's an average reduction of 6, 67% in the AHI score. So that means if somebody who has severe sleep apnea, let's say it's a 30, which would be severe, and it gets reversed by 67%, it would become a 10, which now would be moderate sleep apnea, and it still should be treated further.