(ū″vū-lō-păl″ă-tō-fă-rĭn″gō-plăs′tē)
[Pronunciation]
Abbreviation: UPPP.

Plastic surgery of the oropharynx in which redundant soft palate, uvula, pillars, fauces, and sometimes posterior pharyngeal wall mucosa are removed.
The procedure may be done by using laser therapy. It is usually done to correct intractable snoring or sleep apnea.

See: sleep disorder; snore