A simplified anesthesia procedure may enable more widespread use of preoperative testing to demonstrate the cause of airway obstruction in patients with severe sleep apnea, suggests a new study.  A team from the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new ‘ramp control’ anesthetic technique for putting patients to sleep briefly, just enough to show the ‘obstructive anatomy’ responsible for sleep apnea. The simplified technique requires … Continue reading New anesthesia technique helps show cause of obstruction in sleep apnea.