Sleep is often taken for granted. The average human sleeps around 6-8 hours per night, making sleep one third the day, hence, we spend one third of our life sleeping.
If the average lifespan of a human is 80 years old, we spend about 26 years of our life sleeping.
Sleep physiology is intriguing and complex in its understanding and appreciation. The study of sleep medicine has spanned decades of research and discovery. Sleep surgery over the past 50 years have also progressed and improved.
Sleep medicine and sleep surgery should be explored and learned as a whole topic and integrated into sleep medicine and sleep surgery courses.
The Singapore Sleep Medicine and Sleep Surgery Course covers both sleep surgery techniques and sleep physiology with sleep medicine integrated into the entire course.
This course encompasses sleep pathophysiology, sleep breathing, airflow dynamics, upper airway evaluation, PALM scales, sleep diagnostics, nasal airway pathologies, various palate phenotypes, extensive palate surgeries, tongue reduction, ablative and stimulative techniques. Robotic tongue surgery is also included.
