Czech doctor stops snoring…with a knife? / Cesky doktor zbavy svet chrapani

An American company called Apneon developed a pioneering surgical treatment against a sleep apnea (snoring) and chose a Czech doctor, dr. Pavelec, to perform the first surgery. Up till now 5 of those procedures have been performed by this doctor in one of the Czech hospitals in town called Domazlice. So, how does this anti-snoring procedure work? It’s pretty crazy: first they install a magnet into one’s tongue; once it is healed, yet another – external – magnet is installed on the patient’s chin. This external magnet pulls the internal magnet forward and opens the airways behind the tongue, thus removing the airway blockage. When asked if those treated people can actually eat with metal silverware without getting it stuck to their tongue, Mr. Pavelec assured us that so far the 5 treated patients have not had such problem. The question is if 5 patients is a statistically high enough number to draw any reasonable conclusions from….I am not so sure about that.

CZ: Americka firma Apenon vyvinula novou chirurgickou proceduru proti chrapani a zvolila si ceskeho doktora, aby tuto historicky prvni operaci vykonal. Dnes jiz v jedne z domazlickych nemocnic podstoupilo operaci 5 pacientu. Na jake bazi tato procedura vubec funguje? Je to dosti vymakane: nejprve vam zasiji magnet do jazyku; az se vam bolistka zahoji, pak vam instaluji druhy, vyndavaci, magnet do brady. Tento vnejsi magnet pritahuje magnet vnitrni, ktery sebou vytahuje take jazyk a tak odstrani tuto nechtenou zabranu dychacich cest. Kdyz se ho reporter z Radia Praha zeptal zda-li lide budou moci jist s kovovymi pribory aniz by se jim prilepovaly k jazyku, pan doktor Pavelec odpovedel, ze zadny z jeho 5ti pacienu s tim problemy nema. Otazka je, jestli odovozovat zavery ze zkusenosti s pouhymi 5ti pacienty je statisticky spravne….ja si to tedy nemyslim…

http://www.radio.cz/en/article/94982