hypoglossal nerve stimulation(English)

• a promising OSA treatment that differs from previous surgical approaches. Pre-operative patient selection is the first step to achieve a proper clinical outcome. Patients’ age, BMI, pre-implantation AHI, and previous surgeries are not directly involved in HNS success and could not be considered as useful predictors during the selection process. The strongest contraindication to HNS appears the complete concentric collapse of the soft palate detected during DISE, which is an essential assessment tool for pre-operative patient selection. The most promising HNS feature is the longitudinal care model that could be provided through strict patient follow-up and device titration
• AHI, BMI, OSA
• Sleep medicine, Electrophysiology
• https://doi.org…147/NSS.S221542