Clinical observation of soft palate-pharyngoplasty in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome in children

Table 1 Basic patient information, n (%)

Informaton	Experiment	Control	S	χ2	P value
Gender
M	41 (54.7)	45 (60)		0.44	0.51
F	34 (45.3)	30 (40)
Age	6.1	5.6			0.76
M	5.2	5.8	2.14
F	7.1	5.5	2.05
Diagnosis
OSAHS	75 (100)	75 (100)
Chronic tonsillitis	43 (57.3)	39 (52)		0.43	0.51
Others	69 (92)	71 (94.7)		0.42	0.51
Complications
Asthma	4 (5.3)	3 (4)		0.15	0.70
Allergic rhinitis	8 (10.7)	6 (8)		0.35	0.58
Obesity	9 (12)	7 (9.3)		0.28	0.60
Hearing loss	4 (5.3)	2 (2.7)		0.69	0.41

OSAHS: Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome.

Table 2 Anesthesia and duration of surgery, n (%)

	Experiment	Control	χ2	P value
Anesthesia
Inhalation	73 (97.3)	74 (98.7)	0.34	0.56
Intravenous injection	2 (2.7)	1 (1.3)
Surgical procedure
Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy	71 (94.7)	72 (96)	0.34	0.56
Tonsillectomy	4 (5.3)	3 (4)
Surgery duration (min)
20-30	48 (64)	55 (73.3)
30-40	24 (32)	19 (25.3)
40-50	2 (2.7)	0 (0)
50-60	1 (1.3)	0 (0)

Table 3 Effectiveness comparison of the two groups, n (%)

	Experiment	Control	χ2	P value
Cure	71 (94.7)	68 (90.7)	0.883	0.347
Non-cure	4 (5.3)	7 (9.3)

Table 4 Postoperative complications

	Experiment (cases)	Congrol (cases)	χ2	P value
Hyperthermia
> 38.5	1	8	5.79	0.02
< 38.5	74	67
Postoperative bleeding
Male	0	3	4.11	0.04
Age		6 yr
		7 yr
		9 yr
Female	0	1
		10 yr
Velopharyngeal incompetence	0	0

Table 5 Swallowing pain score

Days after surgery (d)	Control	Experiment	T	P value
1	8 ± 1.6	6.9 ± 2.0	4.27	< 0.05
2	7.1 ± 1.4	6.1 ± 1.9	4.90	< 0.05
3	5.5 ± 1.9	4.8 ± 1.6	3.67	< 0.05
4	4.5 ± 2.1	3.2 ± 1.4	5.64	< 0.05
5	3.6 ± 1.8	2.6 ± 1.4	4.26	< 0.05
6	3.4 ± 1.4	2 ± 1.3	7.29	< 0.05