Predicting Candidacy for Unilateral Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation Without Drug‐Induced Sleep Endoscopy
Favorable palatal collapse can accurately be predicted in patients with small or absent tonsils and low BMI. Before unilateral hypoglossal nerve stimulation implantation, a drug-induced sleep endoscopy might not be necessary in this subset of patients.
Authors
- Marco Caversaccio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7090-8087)
- Urs Borner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1186-4181)
- Samuel Tschopp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5666-2092)
- Kurt Tschopp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3679-5883)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- Kantonsspital Baselland (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- OTO Open
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/oto2.70099
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16