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Table 1 List of airway patency improving treatments (Records from the Department of the Independent Public Provincial Hospital in Szczecin, Poland from 2007-2009.

From: Snoring - the role of the laryngologist in diagnosing and treating its causes

Type of treatment

Males (average age)

Females (average age)

Total waning of snoring

Partial waning of snoring

No information

Septoplasty

76 (39.4)

23 (42.6)

23

19

57

Mucotomy

22 (34.3)

8 (28.7)

10

9

11

Septoplasty with mucotomy

37 (28.4)

21 (27.1)

21

10

27

Polypectomy

39 (51.3)

13 (26.2)

16

10

26

Removal of nasal cavity synechia

12 (28.1)

2 (32)

5

5

4

UPPP

4 (51.2)

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4

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RaVoR-mucotomy (1)

4 (21.4)

3 (36.3)

2

5

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RaVoR-UPPP (2)

4 (43.8)

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4

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RaVoR 1+2

2 (52.5)

1 (58)

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3

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Tonsillectomy

11 (19.2)

7 (5.8)

10

5

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RaVoR 1 + septoplasty

3 (38.0)

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1

2

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RaVoR 2 + tonsillectomy

1 (43.0)

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1

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Adenotomy

31 (4.8)

20 (4.1)

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51

Adenotonsillectomy

19 (5.5)

18 (5.8)

14

5

16