2015 Annual Meeting: http://www.aaoms.org/annual_meeting/2015/index.php

S232
Use of Upper Airway Stimulator for Treatment of OSA

Friday, October 2, 2015
3:30 PM-4:30 PM
Location

151B (Walter E. Washington Convention Center)

TicketedThis is a Fee Ticket Session
Speaker:

Ketan Patel DDS, PhD
Robbinsdale, MN, USA


Co-Speaker:

Deepak Kademani DMD, MD, FACS
Minneapolis, MN, USA


CDE/CME Offered: CDE/CME
CE Credit Hours: 1.00

Synopsis

The use of an upper airway stimulator for treatment of OSA has been described in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The speakers will review patient selection, the use of drug-induced sleep endoscopy and surgical technique for placement of the upper airway stimulator.

Learning Objectives
  1. Identify patients who would benefit from an upper airway stimulator; and
  2. Demonstrate the surgical technique for placement of the device.

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