UPPP是治疗阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停低通气综合征(OSAHS)的主要手术方法,其有效率长期徘徊在50%~60%左右〔1〕,近年来认为多咽平面狭窄是影响其疗效的主要原因〔2〕。笔者自2003年以来应用低温等离子射频消融技术对56例行UPPP治疗失败的OSAHS患者做补救性治疗,取得满意疗效,现报告如 UPPP is the main surgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), the effective long-term hovering in about 50% to 60% [1], in recent years that the multipharyngeal plane stenosis is the main reason affecting its efficacy 〔2〕. The author since 2003 using low-temperature plasma radio frequency ablation of 56 cases of failure of UPPP treatment of patients with OSAHS remedial treatment, and achieved satisfactory results, it is reported