Volume 129, Issue 1, Pages 81-87 (January 2006) Snoring Is Not Relieved by Nasal Surgery Despite Improvement in Nasal Resistance Virkkula Paula , MD, PhD, Bachour Adel , MD, PhD, Hytönen Maija , MD, PhD, Salmi Tapani , MD, PhD, Malmberg Henrik , MD, PhD, Hurmerinta Kirsti , DDS, PhD, Maasilta Paula , MD, PhD, FCCP CHEST Volume 129, Issue 1, Pages 81-87 (January 2006) DOI: 10.1378/chest.129.1.81 Copyright © 2006 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Snoring signals corresponding to calculated snoring intensity indexes of 71 and 62. CHEST 2006 129, 81-87DOI: (10.1378/chest.129.1.81) Copyright © 2006 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Individual snoring times (as the percentage of total sleeping time) in 40 consecutive snoring men prior to nasal surgery (PRE) and following nasal surgery (POST). The following subgroups were determined according to nasal improvement: patients in whom nasal resistance did not improve significantly after surgery; and patients in whom nasal resistance improved ≥ 20% after surgery. CHEST 2006 129, 81-87DOI: (10.1378/chest.129.1.81) Copyright © 2006 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions