Introduction
Methods
Study selection
Data collection process
Quality evaluation
Level | Therapy |
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1a | Systematic review of randomised controlled trials |
1b | Individual randomised controlled trial |
2a | Systematic review of cohort studies |
2b | Individual cohort study |
2c | ‘Outcomes research’ |
3a | Systematic review of case-control studies |
3b | Individual case-control study |
4 | Case series (with or without comparison) |
5 | Expert opinion |
Results
Study selection/characteristics
Study | Year | Number | Design | Study site | Level of evidence | Semi-quantitative/qualitative | Information type for classifier | Numerical score framework | Surgical treatment plan framework | Surgical outcome indicator | Data set provided | Method of analysis | |
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Croft [7] | 1991 | 71 | Case series | UK | 4 | Qualitative | Anatomical only | No | No | No | No | Human | |
Pringle [24] | 1993 | 90 | Case series | UK | 4 | Qualitative | Anatomical only | No | Yes | Yes | No | Human | |
Camilleri [25] | 1995 | 52 | Case series | UK | 4 | Qualitative | Anatomical only | No | Yes | Yes | No | Human | |
Quinn [26] | 1995 | 54 | Case series | UK | 4 | Qualitative | Anatomical only | No | No | No | No | Human | |
Sadaoka [9] | 1996 | 50 | Case series | Japan | 4 | Qualitative | Anatomical only | No | No | No | No | Human | |
Higami [27] | 2002 | 21 | Case series | Japan | 4 | Qualitative | Anatomical only | No | Yes | Yes | No | Human | |
Iwanaga [28] | 2003 | 60 | Case series | Japan | 4 | Qualitative | Anatomical only | No | Yes | Yes | No | Human | |
Kezirian [29] | 2011 | – | Case series | USA, Germany, Netherlands | 4 | Qualitative | Anatomical only | No | No | No | No | Human | |
Vicini [30] | 2012 | – | Case series | Italy | 4 | Semi-quantitative | Anatomical only | Yes | No | No | No | Human | |
Bachar [32] | 2012 | 55 | Case series | Israel | 4 | Qualitative | Anatomical only | Yes | No | No | No | Human | |
Victores [33] | 2012 | 24 | Case series | USA | 4 | Qualitative | Anatomical only | No | No | Yes | No | Human | |
Gillespie [34] | 2013 | 38 | Case series | USA | 4 | Qualitative | Anatomical only | No | Yes | No | No | Human | |
Koo [35] | 2013 | 69 | Case series | Korea | 4 | Qualitative | Anatomical only | No | No | No | No | Human | |
Lee [36] | 2015 | 85 | Case series | Korea | 4 | Semi-quantitative | Anatomical only | No | No | No | No | Human | |
Herzog [37] | 2015 | 40 | Case series | Germany | 4 | Semi-quantitative | Anatomical only | No | No | No | No | Human | |
Carrasco-Llatas [14] | 2016 | 31 | Case series | Spain | 4 | Qualitative | Anatomical only | No | No | No | No | Human | |
Veer [38] | 2016 | – | case series | UK | 4 | Semi-quantitative | Anatomical only | Yes | No | No | No | Human |
Author, year | Classification | |||||
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Croft, 1991 [7] | Group | Description | ||||
Group 1 | Simple palatal snoring | |||||
Group 2 | Single-level palatal obstruction | |||||
Group3 | Multisegment obstruction | |||||
Pringle, 1993 [24] | Grade | Description | ||||
Grade 1 | Simple palatal snoring | |||||
Grade 2 | Single-level palatal obstruction | |||||
Grade 3 | Multisegmental involvement–intermittent oro-hypopharyngeal obstruction | |||||
Grade 4 | Sustained multisegmental obstruction | |||||
Grade 5 | Tongue base-level obstruction | |||||
Camilleri, 1995 [25] | Grade | Description | ||||
Grade 1 | Palatal snoring | |||||
Grade 2 | Mixed snoring | |||||
Grade 3 | Non-palatal (tongue base) snoring | |||||
Quinn, 1995 [26] | Zone | Configuration | ||||
Palate | Funnel-shaped aperture | |||||
Transverse slit cross-sectional reduction | ||||||
Tonsil | Hypertrophic tonsil medicalization | |||||
Tongue | Vibration against the pharyngeal wall | |||||
Epiglottis | Omega-shaped collapse | |||||
Fall back onto and vibrate against the posterior pharyngeal wall | ||||||
Sadaoka, 1996 [9] | Group | Description | ||||
Group A | Single-level palatal obstruction | |||||
Group B | Single-level tongue-based obstruction | |||||
Group C | Multisegment involvement | |||||
Higami, 2002 [27] | Type | Description | ||||
Falling type | Soft palate and tongue sank due to gravity | |||||
All-round type | Submucosa of the pharynx very thick; hypertrophied tonsils covered in thick mucosa | |||||
Bilateral type | Hypertrophy of the palatine tonsils; enlarged tonsil buried in the arch of the palate | |||||
Iwanaga, 2003 [28] | Obstruction type | Description | ||||
Soft palate | Uvula and soft palate come into contact with the posterior pharyngeal wall | |||||
Circumferential palatal | Full-circumference soft palatal airway obstruction involving the posterior and lateral pharyngeal walls | |||||
Tonsillar | Palatine tonsils come into contact at the midline during expiration | |||||
Root of tongue | Single-level obstruction at the root of tongue | |||||
Mixed | Soft palatal obstruction and tongue-based obstruction | |||||
Kezirian, 2011 [29] | Structure | Degree of obstruction | Configuration | |||
Velum | 0, no obstruction; 1, partial obstruction; 2, complete obstruction | Anteroposterior | Lateral | Concentric | ||
Oropharynx lateral walls + tonsils | X, not visualised | X, not visualised | X, not visualised | |||
Tongue base | Anteroposterior | Lateral | X, not visualised | |||
Epiglottis | Anteroposterior | Lateral | X, not visualised | |||
Vicini, 2012 [30] | Zone | Grade | Configuration | |||
Nose | 0–25%: 1 25–50%: 2 50–75%: 3 75–100%: 4 | – | – | – | ||
Oropharynx | Anteroposterior | Lateral | Concentric | |||
Hypopharynx | Anteroposterior | Lateral | Concentric | |||
Larynx (supraglottis, glottic) | Positive or negative obstruction | – | – | – | ||
Bachar, 2012 [32] | Zone | No collapse | Partial collapse | Complete collapse | ||
Nose + nasopharynx | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Palate (tonsils included) | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Tongue base | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Larynx | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Hypopharynx | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
Victores, 2012 [33] | Level | Degree | Sustainability | |||
Partial | Complete | Intermittent | Sustained | |||
Palate (velum) | p | P | – | – | ||
Lateral wall/tonsillar pillars | l | L | – | – | ||
Tongue base | t | T | 1 | 2 | ||
Epiglottis | e | E | 1 | 2 | ||
Gillespie, 2013 [34] | Grade | |||||
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
DISE index | ||||||
Palate AP | No collapse | Partial collapse | Complete collapse | NA | NA | |
Hypopharynx LPW | No collapse | Partial collapse | Complete collapse | NA | NA | |
Tonsils | No collapse | Partial collapse | Complete collapse | NA | NA | |
Tongue base | No collapse | Partial collapse with lingual tonsils | Partial collapse without lingual tonsils | Complete collapse with lingual tonsils | Complete collapse without lingual tonsils | |
Epiglottis | No collapse | Partial collapse | Complete collapse | NA | NA | |
Koo, 2013 [35] | Level | Degree of obstruction | Configuration | |||
Anteroposterior diameter | Lateral diameter | Contributing structure | ||||
Retropalatal | 0 / 1 / 2 | Palate +/− | LPW +/− | Tonsil +/− | ||
Retrolingual | Tongue base +/− | LPW +/− | Epiglottis +/− | |||
Lee, 2015 [36] | Zone | Degree of obstruction | ||||
Soft palate | 0, no obstruction | |||||
Lateral wall + tonsils | 1, partial obstruction | |||||
Larynx + epiglottis | 2, complete obstruction | |||||
Tongue base | Grade 1 | More than >50% obstruction displacement compared to the supine awake state | ||||
Grade 2 | More than >75% obstruction displacement compared to the supine awake state | |||||
Herzog, 2015 [37] | Zone | Grade | Description | |||
Pharyngeal collapse at velum level | Grade 1 | No collapse | ||||
Grade 2 | Lateral collapse <50% of lumen | |||||
Grade 3 | Lateral collapse >50% of lumen | |||||
Grade 4 | Circular collapse <50% of lumen | |||||
Grade 5 | Circular collapse >50% of lumen | |||||
Uvula/palate contact to posterior pharyngeal wall | Grade 1 | No contact | ||||
Grade 2 | Contact of the tip of the uvula | |||||
Grade 3 | Contact of the half of the uvula | |||||
Grade 4 | Contact of the base of the uvula / palate | |||||
Dorsal movement of the tongue base | Grade 1 | Valleculea completely visible | ||||
Grade 2 | Valleculea partial visible | |||||
Grade 3 | Valleculea not visible | |||||
Grade 4 | Contact to the posterior pharyngeal wall | |||||
Pharyngeal collapse at tongue base level | Grade 1 | No collapse | ||||
Grade 2 | Lateral collapse <50% of lumen | |||||
Grade 3 | Lateral collapse >50% of lumen | |||||
Grade 4 | Circular collapse <50% of lumen | |||||
Grade 5 | Circular collapse >50% of lumen | |||||
Carrasco-Llatas, 2016 [14] | Structure | Degree of obstruction | Configuration | |||
Soft palate (velum) | 0: no obstruction 1: partial obstruction 3: complete obstruction | Anteroposterior | Lateral | Concentric | ||
Oropharynx | Anteroposterior | Lateral | Concentric | |||
Tongue base | X, not visualised | Lateral | X, not visualised | |||
Epiglottis | Anteroposterior | Lateral | Concentric | |||
Anteroposterior | Lateral | X, not visualised | ||||
Veer, 2016 [38] | Zone | Grade | Description | |||
Palate | P1 | No flutter seen | ||||
Soft palate not obstructing the airway | ||||||
Open airway between the oropharynx and nasopharynx | ||||||
P2 | Anteroposterior palatal obstruction Uvula dropping into the a collapsed airway inferiorly | |||||
P3 | Circumferential palatal collapse | |||||
Tonsils | T1 | No tonsillar involvement | ||||
Previous tonsillectomy | ||||||
T2 | Tonsils causing less than 50% obstruction using the anterior commissure as the horizontal midpoint | |||||
T3 | Tonsils causing 50% or more obstruction of the airway | |||||
Lateral pharyngeal wall | L1 | No lateral wall collapse | ||||
L2 | Lateral pharyngeal wall collapse causing less than 50% obstruction of the airway using the anatomical and anterior commissure as the horizontal midpoint | |||||
L3 | Lateral pharyngeal wall causing 50% or more obstruction of the airway | |||||
Tongue base | Tb1 | Tongue base not affecting the airway | ||||
Tongue base not altering the normal resting position of the epiglottis (no posterior deflection seen) | ||||||
Vallecula seen | ||||||
Tb2 | Less than 50% obstruction of the airway due to tongue base | |||||
Tb3 | 50% or more of the airway due to tongue base | |||||
Epiglottis | E1 | No epiglottic trapdoor phenomenon | ||||
E2 | Epiglottis collapses down upon the glottis aperture during inspiration |