Electrical stimulation of the whole hypoglossal nerve in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that human retractors dominate when stimulated together with the protrusors during HGp-ES. While co-activation of retractors may be beneficial, it should be limited. We speculate that exercises that augment protrusor force may improve the response to hypoglossal stimulation. The exclusion of patients with concentric pharyngeal obstruction should be re-evaluated.
PMID: 31907824 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Sleep and Breathing - January 5, 2020 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Oliven A, Dotan Y, Golibroda T, Somri M, Oliven R, Schwartz AR Tags: Sleep Breath Source Type: research