Treating obstructive sleep apnea with hypoglossal nerve stimulation

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 419-424

  Oliven, Arie ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

electrical stimulation; hypoglossus nerve; sleep apnea; tongue

Indexed keywords

APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSUS NERVE STIMULATION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PHARYNX DISEASE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; PATIENT SELECTION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 80053342414     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e32834b7e65     Document Type: Review

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