This book by leading international experts provides an evidence-based approach to electrical stimulation of the upper airway, beginning with patient selection, implant techniques, trouble shootings, patient pathways, titrations during daytime and sleep as also new innovative techniques such as stimulation of the ansa cervicalis and the phrenic nerve.
Key Features:
- - Superbly illustrated schematic drawings and full-colored photographs;
- - Step-by-step description of surgical concepts and techniques on all of the market available systems (Inspire, Nyxoah, LivaNova, Remede);
- - Complete online media library with videos on the surgical procedures;
- - New surgical steps presented for well established procedures (e.g. 2-incicions technique);
- - Discussion of outcomes, success rates, risks, and potential troubleshooting's, where evidenced-based data are not available, expert opinion is provided.
Upper Airway Stimulation in Obstructive Sleep Apnea will be welcomed by residents, fellows, and board-certified surgeons in otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery.
About the Author: Clemens Heiser, MHBA, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Somnology
Head of Sleep Laboratory
Klinikum rechts der Isar
Technische Universität München
Munich, Germany
Prof Dr. Nico de Vries
Department of ENT, OLVG West, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Department of Oral Kinesiology, ACTA, Amsterdam
Department of ENT, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
