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: Short YouTube informational clip by Dr. Charles Mok describing ApneaLase, a Nightlase-based laser therapy originally developed for snoring that is…

30 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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Short YouTube informational clip by Dr. Charles Mok describing ApneaLase, a Nightlase-based laser therapy originally developed for snoring that is presented here as able to reduce—possibly partially reverse—sleep apnea severity. The speaker summarizes the typical protocol (three treatments spaced two weeks apart) and reports an average reduction in AHI of about 67%, giving an example where an AHI of 30 would fall to roughly 10; the speaker notes that further treatment may still be required for residual moderate sleep apnea.

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Three treatments.

Two weeks apart.

Approximately 67%.

Reduces from 30 to about 10 (a ~67% reduction).

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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.