What is the pillar procedure for sleep apnea? The pillar procedure is a new procedure that places firm pieces of cord like material in the soft palate of people. The pillar procedure is a new procedure that...
The pillar procedure is a new procedure that places firm pieces of cord like material in the soft palate of people. It is only going to be effective in sleep apnea if your soft palate is the primary cause or the primary location so it's one of those stand alone treatments I don't think that very many people are too impressed, other than the people who make and market the material. But as with anything else, when somnoplasty first came out everybody thought that it was cure. And we are finding that the surgical fields have a bad habit of coming out with a procedure and claiming all kinds of success
So the pillar procedure would be a great procedure if it was determined that their soft palate was the reason that they were having sleep apneic event.
