Innovative Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Nerve Stimulator.

This article gives a comprehensive overview of current and upcoming hypoglossal nerve stimulation systems (Inspire, ImThera, and Nyxoah), the specific advantages of this approach, the selection criteria and screening process, relevant clinical data, and a description of the different implantation procedures. Upper airway stimulation and hypoglossal nerve stimulation appears to be a long-term, low-morbidity treatment for moderate-to-severe OSA patients suffering from CPAP incompliance. PMID: 28738358 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Advances in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Category: ENT & OMF Tags: Adv Otorhinolaryngol Source Type: research