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Primary study · included by 1 review

Outcomes for multilevel surgery for sleep apnea: Obstructive sleep apnea, transoral robotic surgery, and uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.

Thaler 2015 · Thaler Erica R, Rassekh Christopher H, Lee Jonathan M, et al. · The Laryngoscope · 2016

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Robotic versus non-robotic posterior midline glossectomy for obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Non-Cochrane · intervention · 2026 · cited as Thaler 2015 · Supplementary Table 1; reference list; forest plots
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Surgical success rate (Sher criteria)
Robotic (TORS) posterior midline glossectomy vs None (single-arm pre/post change or absolute value) · Postoperative; mean follow-up 7.5 months in robotic studies
Proportion 0.64 [0.56, 0.73]9 studiesGRADE not reported
Surgical success rate (Sher criteria)
Posterior midline glossectomy, robotic and non-robotic combined vs None (single-arm pre/post change or absolute value) · Postoperative; follow-up varied
Proportion 0.61 [0.54, 0.69]22 studiesGRADE not reported

1 including review in total.