Apnex Medical Research Publications

Eastwood PR, Barnes M, McEvoy RD, Wheatley J, Walsh JH, O'Donoghue FJ, Catcheside P, Tyler L, Maddison KJ, Rochford PD, Antic N, Worsnop C, Churchward T, Eckert DJ, Campbell MC, Hee G, Palme CE, Robinson SH, Kezirian E, Goding G, Jordan AS, Smith PL, Schwartz AR, Malhotra A, Hillman DR. Feasibility of Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation Therapy to Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 181;2010:A6767.

Eastwood PR, Walsh JH, Maddison, Baker VA, Tesfayesus W, Hillman DR. Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Unilateral Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 181;2010:A5393.

Other Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation Publications

A list of published articles on prior clinical research relevant to hypoglossal nerve stimulation are shown below.

Eisele DW, Schwartz AR, Smith PL. Tongue neuromuscular and direct hypoglossal nerve stimulation for obstructive sleep apnea. Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2003;36:501-510.

Eisele DW, Smith PL, Alam DS, Schwartz AR. Direct hypoglossal nerve stimulation in obstructive sleep apnea. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1997;123:57-61.

Goding GS Jr, Eisele DW, Testerman R, Smith PL, Roertgen K, Schwartz AR. Relief of upper airway obstruction with hypoglossal nerve stimulation in the canine. Laryngoscope 1998;108:162-169.

Oliven A, O'Hearn DJ, Boudewyns A, Odeh M, De Backer W, van de Heyning P, Smith PL, Eisele DW, Allan L, Schneider H, Testerman R, Schwartz AR. Upper airway response to electrical stimulation of the genioglossus in obstructive sleep apnea. J Appl Physiol 2003;95:2023-2029.

Schwartz AR, Bennett ML, Smith PL, De Backer W, Hedner J, Boudewyns A, Van de Heyning P, Ejnell H, Hochban W, Knaack L, Podszus T, Penzel T, Peter JH, Goding GS, Erickson DJ, Testerman R, Ottenhoff F, Eisele DW. Therapeutic electrical stimulation of the hypoglossal nerve in obstructive sleep apnea. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2001;127:1216-1223.