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New Developments Regarding Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

While generally well tolerated and effective in carefully selected patients, HNS should be one part of a comprehensive approach to manage obstructive sleep apnea. “Patients often come in quite unaware,” said Robson Capasso, MD, chief of sleep surgery, professor of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery, and associate dean of research at Stanford University School of Medicine in Calif. “Patients should be informed about all the details, and the need of a close relationship with the treatment team. Hypoglossal nerve stimulation is not a home run most of the time—it must be implemented in the context of a longitudinal care model for sleep apnea, and it requires some work with a clinician to figure…

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