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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JOHS</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Journ of Health Scien</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal of HealthCare Sciences</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Journ of Health Scien</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn>
      <issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">391</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">http://dx.doi.org/10.52533/JOHS.2025.50110</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/>
      <article-categories>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>General Medicine</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>The Impact of Tonsillectomy on Sleep Apnea and Quality of Life in Children and Adults&#13;
</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Abduljabbar</surname>
            <given-names>Ashraf Abdulaziz</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Aljohani</surname>
            <given-names>Noor Adel</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>AlHibs</surname>
            <given-names>Reem Solaiman</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alenezi</surname>
            <given-names>Ahmad Abdul Qader</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Ameen</surname>
            <given-names>Jasem Mohammad</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>ALQuraini</surname>
            <given-names>Abdullaziz Salman</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alsomali</surname>
            <given-names>Abdulrahman Saeed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <day>24</day>
        <month>01</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>5</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>77</fpage>
      <lpage>84</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
        <license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
          <license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>Tonsillectomy, performed with or without adenoidectomy, involves the complete removal of the tonsils and has long been a cornerstone in the management of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and related sleep-disordered breathing conditions. Sleep apnea is classified into obstructive, central, or mixed types, with mixed apnea combining obstructive and central features, often linked to severe OSA. Sleep apnea is associated with various risk factors and leads to significant consequences, including cardiovascular morbidity, neurobehavioral deficits, increased healthcare utilization, and reduced quality of life. A primary contributing factor, particularly in pediatric OSA, is the proliferation of the adenoids and tonsils, resulting in upper airway obstruction during sleep. Adeno-tonsillectomy is an established first-line treatment for pediatric OSA, effectively improving apnea indices and quality of life, though residual central sleep apnea may persist in some cases. In adults, tonsillectomy reduces apnea severity; however, its effectiveness is influenced by factors such as body mass index. The impact of tonsillectomy on the quality of life of adults with sleep apnea remains underexplored. This review aims to assess the impact of tonsillectomy on various types of sleep apnea in both children and adults, while identifying gaps in current research and future directions. Further studies are needed to investigate the long-term outcomes of surgical interventions and the role of obesity in determining surgical success, to optimize diagnostic, therapeutic, and management strategies for sleep apnea across diverse populations.&#13;
</p>
      </abstract>
      <kwd-group>
        <kwd>Sleep apnea</kwd>
        <kwd> Obstructive sleep apnea</kwd>
        <kwd> Central sleep apnea</kwd>
        <kwd> Mixed sleep apnea</kwd>
        <kwd> Tonsillectomy</kwd>
        <kwd> Quality of life</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
    </article-meta>
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