Ansa Cervicalis and Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation in a Patient With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Oct;165(4):602-604. doi: 10.1177/0194599820986578. Epub 2021 Jan 26.

Authors

David T Kent¹, David Zealear¹, Alan R Schwartz^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
² Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.

No abstract available

Keywords: ansa cervicalis; caudal traction; hypoglossal nerve stimulation; obstructive sleep apnea; sternothyroid muscle.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Electric Stimulation Therapy*
Humans
Hypoglossal Nerve / physiopathology*
Laryngoscopy
Male
Pharyngeal Muscles / physiopathology*
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / therapy*

Grants and funding

R01 HL144859/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States