First Successful Mechanical Splint for Obstructive Sleep Apnea With an Orally Administrable Pharyngeal Stenting Device

Daniel Neu, Grégory Nawara, Johan Newell, David Bouchez, Olivier Mairesse

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Abstract

We report the case of obstructive sleep apnea in a 19-year-old, otherwise healthy male presenting with persistent daytime sleepiness and nonrestorative sleep after velo- and uvuloplasty. An individually tailored prototype of an orally inserted pharyngeal stenting device was proposed in the framework of a first clinical feasibility trial. The noninvasive, easily self-administered device is mounted on a simple inferior dental guard. Baseline total apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) was 15.5 and 24.4 per hour of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. With the device, total AHI dropped to 6.7 per hour (56.8% reduction) and 1.4 per hour of REM (94.3% reduction). Recorded sleep efficiency during treatment was excellent at 96.5%. Laryngoscope, 129:1945–1948, 2019.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1945-1948
Number of pages4
JournalLaryngoscope
Volume129
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2019

Keywords

  • mechanical splint, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, non-surgical treatment
  • pharyngeal stent

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