Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Responder-Based Outcomes and Between-Study Heterogeneity.

Clemens Heiser, Marcel Braun, Colin Huntley, Michael Hutz, Thomas Michael Kaffenberger, Maurits Boon

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Clemens HeiserDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Klinikum Rechts Der ISAR, Technical University Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany.

Marcel BraunCenter for Sleep & Telemedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Duisburg-Essen, 45239 Essen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8101-3465

Colin HuntleyDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.

Michael HutzDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Sleep Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.

Thomas Michael KaffenbergerDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8411-6806

Maurits BoonDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.

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Hypoglossal nerve stimulationobstructive sleep apneaSher response rate

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PMID42452642

DOI10.3390/jcm15135180

PMCPMC13363095

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