Ming-Tzer Lin

TL;DR: Use of polysomnography is the gold standard of diagnosis and measurement of treatment effectiveness for paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea and a meta‐analysis of postoperative changes for all other PSG parameters and outcome comparisons between obese and non‐obese children following T&A have never been conducted.

TL;DR: OSA is highly prevalent in children with Down syndrome, and the prevalence of moderate to severe OSA is higher in younger age.

TL;DR: Lingual tonsillectomy is an effective surgical management for children with OSA caused by lingualtonsil hypertrophy, and it achieves significant improvement in the AHI and the minimum oxygen saturation, however, children frequently have residual OSA after lingual tonsilelectomy, and postoperative complications must be carefully managed.

TL;DR: Supraglottoplasty is an effective surgery for AHI reduction and MinSaO2 increase in children with OSA and laryngomalacia, however, complete resolution of OSA is not achieved in most cases, and factors affecting treatment outcomes in these children require future studies.

TL;DR: Adenotonsillectomy was associated with OSA improvement among children with PWS, however, residual OSA was frequently observed postoperatively in these patients.