Improving surgical results in complex nerve anatomy during implantation of selective upper airway stimulation.

Improving surgical results in complex nerve anatomy during implantation of selective upper airway stimulation.

Auris Nasus Larynx. 2017 Nov 15;:

Authors: Zhu Z, Hofauer B, Heiser C

Abstract
The following report presents a case of two late embedded hypoglossus branches during implantation of an upper airway stimulation device that caused a mixed activation of the tongue when included in the stimulation cuff. In the end, correct cuff placement could be achieved by careful examination of the hypoglossal nerve anatomy, precise nerve dissection, tongue motion analysis and intraoperative nerve monitoring.

PMID: 29153261 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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