Article
Unsupervised Phenotyping to Stratify Surgical Outcomes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery - 1 Apr 2026
Kim Dachan, Lee Seung J, Rha Min-Seok, Cho Hyung-Ju
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Surgical outcomes after upper-airway surgery for obstructive sleep apnea vary widely because of clinical heterogeneity. This study aimed to identify distinct obstructive sleep apnea phenotypes using unsupervised clustering and evaluate their association with surgical outcomes. STUDY DE...
Topics
- Humans
- Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
- Retrospective Studies
- Phenotype
- Female
- Polysomnography
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Clustering Algorithms
- Treatment Outcome
- Prognosis
- Adult
- Aged
- Cluster Analysis
