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Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation for OSA Treatment

In this podcast we discuss development, indications, screening procedures, implantation, and follow-up for hypogloassal nerve stimulation for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.

Guests: Dr. Kingman strohl is a pulmonary, critical care, and sleep physician at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and Biophysics at Case Western Reserve University. He was the senior author on the STAR trial, which demonstrated the clinical effectiveness of hypoglossal nerve stimulation. In addition, Dr. Strohl participates in ongoing research on long-term outcomes of this therapy.

Host: Dr. Anna M. May is a sleep physician-researcher at the Northeast Ohio VA Healthcare Sytem.


 

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