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ArticleJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2020

Intraoperative identification of mixed activation profiles during hypoglossal nerve stimulation.

Joshua J Sturm, Clara H Lee, Oleg Modik, Maria V Suurna

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Article in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Hypoglossal nerve stimulation over-titration.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024
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  3. Neurophysiological profiles of responders and nonresponders to hypoglossal nerve stimulation: a single-institution study.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Joshua J SturmDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
Clara H LeeDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
Oleg ModikDepartment of Neurology, Division of Clinical Neurophysiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
Maria V SuurnaDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
Cornell University · USWeill Cornell Medicine · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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objectivesThe effectiveness of hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) depends on the selective stimulation of nerve fibers that innervate the tongue muscles that produce tongue protrusion (genioglossus) and stiffening (transverse/vertical) while avoiding fibers that innervate muscles that produce tongue retraction (styloglossus/hyoglossus). Postoperative treatment failures can be related to mixed activation of retractor and protrusor muscles, despite intraoperative efforts to identify and avoid nerve fibers that innervate the retractor muscles. This study describes a novel intraoperative protocol that more optimally identifies mixed activation by utilizing an expanded set of stimulation/recording parameters.

methodsThis study was a case series in a university hospital setting of patients undergoing unilateral hypoglossal nerve stimulation implantation for obstructive sleep apnea. Data included electromyographic responses in the genioglossus and styloglossus/hyoglossus to intraoperative stimulation with an implantable pulse generator using unipolar (- - -, o-o) and bipolar (+-+) settings.

resultsIn a subset of patients (3/55), low-intensity unipolar implantable pulse generator stimulation revealed significant mixed activation of the styloglossus/hyoglossus and genioglossus muscles that was not evident under standard bipolar implantable pulse generator stimulation conditions. Additional surgical dissection and repositioning of the electrode stimulation cuff reduced mixed activation.

conclusionsA novel intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring protocol was able to detect significant mixed activation during hypoglossal nerve stimulation that was otherwise absent using standard parameters. This enabled successful electrode cuff repositioning and a dramatic reduction of mixed activation.

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Electric Stimulation TherapySleep Apnea, ObstructiveFacial MusclesHumansHypoglossal NerveProstheses and ImplantsTonguehypoglossal nerve stimulationneurostimulationobstructive sleep apneasleep surgeryupper airway stimulation

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PMID32677611
PMCPMC7954018
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