I am writing in regard to the article titled "Laser-Assisted Uvulopalatoplasty for Snoring: Medium- to Long-term Subjective and Objective Analysis," which was published in the April 2001 issue of the ARCHIVES.1 Fourteen patients were included in the study. They were examined 4 weeks and 10 months after completion of the last laser treatment. The overall satisfaction rate was 43%. The authors concluded that the