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

doi:10.1002/lary.27451

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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Brugmann University Hospital
Université Libre de Bruxelles
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	1945-1948
Number of pages	4
Journal	Laryngoscope
Volume	129
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.27451
Publication status	Published - Aug 2019

Keywords

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

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