As part of your surgeon selection decision, we recommend you rate your surgeon on their experience across all 5 aspects
Interview your surgeon, even if they are a specialist (as many specialists don’t do all 5 aspects or may not do at least 30 a year).
Ideally your surgeon should have explained all 5 aspects of airway correction to you clearly, however if not, ask.
Experience is the most important part of getting the best long term result and the least chance of post surgical complications.
You could even ask them how often they have done each of these procedures.
At least 30 per year would be an ideal number.
1) Nares widening, 2) Palate shortening, 3) Laryngeal saccule removal, 4) Tonsil removal, 5) Palate thinning (most surgeons don’t do this but long term results are potentially significantly better if