With the advancement of medicine attempt to offer our patients the new techniques that can provide a definitive solution in the treatment of apnea and snoring. In many cases we can afford not to use CPAP. The lateral pharyngoplasty expansion pharyngoplasty new procedures which involve being less aggressive than uvulopalatopharyngoplasty convention because they do not cut the fabric, allow to get an opening of the pharynx and prevent its collapse. Procedures are simple, easy to perform and solve a high percentage of selected patients with the difficult problem of apnea. Its use is spreading to more countries, especially in USA. We have been fortunate to be the first to introduce in our country, and many patients after surgery can successfully claim to be a reliable alternative to the use of CPAP.

In the last 3 years we have developed new procedures for the treatment of snoring and sleep apnea.