Journal Reviews

Effectiveness of oral pressure therapy in obstructive sleep apnoea: a systematic analysis

1 July 2016 | | Apnea-hypopnea index, Obstructive sleep apnea, Oral pressure therapy, Treatment success rate

Oral pressure therapy (OPT) is a relatively new form of therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Paradoxically it seems to work even though it creates a vacuum in the oral cavity as opposed to the gold standard of continuous positive...

Advancing the tongue in OSA surgery

1 May 2016 | | Genioglossus, genioglossal, OSA, sleep surgery

This article further delineates the options for hypopharyngeal OSA and describes the technique of genioglossus advancement to improve the tension in the tongue base. The authors take the reader through the relevant anatomy appropriate to the procedure and describe the...

Hypoglossal stimulation for OSA

1 May 2016 | | apnea hypopnea index, clinical, cranial nerve, device, hypoglossal nerve, implant, long term, obstructive sleep apnea, quality of life, sleep

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a highly effective treatment for moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), but suffers significantly from poor patient adherence. This paper reports the three-year outcomes of a prospective multicentre cohort study examining the effect of hypoglossal...

The Impact of sleep endoscopy for paediatric obstructive sleep-disordered breathing

1 May 2015 | | Sleep-disordered breathing, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, snoring, drug-induced sleep endoscopy, polysomnography, children

Paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is not always resolved or improved with adenotonsillectomy. Persistent or complex cases of paediatric OSA may be due to sites of obstruction in the airway other than the tonsils and adenoids. Investigation of paediatric obstructive...

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3 (current)