**6.4 Post-operative assessment**

Patients with OSA undergoing upper airway surgery are at high risk for difficult airway management and increased incidence of postoperative complications. These complications include higher re-intubation rates, hypercapnia, oxygen desaturations, cardiac arrhythmias, myocardial injury, delirium, unplanned ICU transfers, and longer hospitalization stays.

*Several perioperative and anesthetic factors may contribute to these complications* [22]:

