Hypoglossal nerve stimulation for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): a primer for oral and maxillofacial surgeons

Sung Ok Hong; Yu-Feng Chen; Junho Jung; Yong-Dae Kwon; Stanley Yung Chuan Liu

doi:10.1186/s40902-017-0126-0

Hypoglossal nerve stimulation for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): a primer for oral and maxillofacial surgeons

Maxillofac Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Sep 25;39(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s40902-017-0126-0. eCollection 2017 Dec.

Authors

Sung Ok Hong¹, Yu-Feng Chen^{2

3}, Junho Jung⁴, Yong-Dae Kwon^{2

5}, Stanley Yung Chuan Liu⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dentistry (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery), Catholic Kwandong University School of Medicine, International St. Mary's Hospital, Incheon, South Korea.
² Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA USA.
³ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kyung Hee University Dental Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁵ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Center for Refractory Jawbone Diseases, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁶ Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA USA.

Abstract

The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is estimated to be 1-5% of the adult population world-wide, and in Korea, it is reported at 4.5% of men and 3.2% of women (Age 40 to 69 years old). Active treatment of OSA is associated with decrease in insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease, psychosocial problems, and mortality. Surgical treatment of OSA has evolved in the era of neuromodulation with the advent of hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS). We share this review of HGNS with our maxillofacial surgical colleagues to expand the scope of surgical care for OSA.

Keywords: Hypoglossal nerve; OSA surgical treatment; Obstructive sleep apnea; Oral and maxillofacial surgeon; Sleep endoscopy; Snoring; Upper airway stimulation.

Publication types

Review