Journal Reviews

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Hypoglossal nerve stimulation for OSA

1 November 2019 | | Otology | Hypoglossal nerve, Long term, Obstructive sleep apnea, Stimulation, Upper airway

Hypoglossal nerve stimulation has been lauded as the great new surgical treatment panacea for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). This meta-analysis includes 12 studies with a total of 350 patients, including the five-year follow-up data from the STAR trial which was...

DISE as a rationalising tool for sleep apnoea surgery

1 May 2019 | | ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus | Drug-induced sleep endoscopy, Obstructive sleep apnea, Upper airway surgery, VOTE classification

This retrospective study on 85 adult obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients provides further interesting information for sleep surgeons. These patients were all investigated with polysomnography (PSG) and drug induced sleep endoscopy (DISE). They all then underwent a simple uvulopalatoplasty with...

A review of DISE classification systems

1 July 2018 | | Classification, Drug-induced sedation endoscopy, Review, Sleep, Sleep apnea, Upper airway obstruction

This article looks at the wide variety of classification systems currently available for interpreting drug induced sleep endoscopy (DISE).The fact that there are so many classification systems, suggests that there is: A) a lot of disagreement about how DISE should...