Publications by authors named "Annelies Verbruggen"
Multimodal phenotypic labelling using drug-induced sleep endoscopy, awake nasendoscopy and computational fluid dynamics for the prediction of mandibular advancement device treatment outcome: a prospective study.
J Sleep Res
December 2022
Mandibular advancement device (MAD) treatment outcome for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is variable and patient dependent. A global, clinically applicable predictive model is lacking. Our aim was to combine characteristics obtained during drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE), awake nasendoscopy, and computed tomography scan-based computational fluid dynamic (CFD) measurements in one multifactorial model, to explain MAD treatment outcome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Awake nasopharyngoscopy is routinely performed in the assessment of patients who require treatment for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). However, the applicability and accuracy of Müller's manoeuvre, the main evaluation method for this purpose, are disputable. The current study aimed to introduce an alternative method for awake nasopharyngoscopy in patients with SDB.
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- Doctors studied a method to help choose the right patients for a sleep treatment device (MAD) by looking at their airway features while they breathe.
- They examined 100 patients with sleep apnea and found that the position of the soft palate and throat crowding were important to understand if the treatment would work well.
- The study suggests that doing an awake examination of the throat could help doctors find patients who might struggle with the treatment, helping to improve their chances of success.
Study Objectives: Mandibular advancement device (MAD) outcome varies between patients. We hypothesized that upper airway collapse sites, patterns, and degrees assessed during baseline drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) affect MAD outcome.
Methods: One hundred patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) were included and underwent baseline type 1 polysomnography.
Vascular leiomyoma of the nasal cavity: case report and literature review.
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol
January 2017
We report a case of a 54-year-old man with an angioleiomyoma originating from the right nasal floor. Nasal vascular leiomyomas are extremely rare tumours. A review of the literature revealed a limited number of cases of vascular leiomyoma in the nasal cavity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: The main reported reasons for discontinuation of oral appliance therapy for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) are the presence of self-perceived adverse effects and self-appreciated lack of efficacy. However, these conclusions rely only on subjective compliance data.
Objective: To determine which parameters are correlated with objectively measured data on compliance with oral appliance therapy.
Purpose: The objective of this randomized controlled trial was to assess the additional effect of a chest-worn sleep position trainer (SPT) in patients with residual supine-dependent obstructive sleep apnea (sdOSA) under mandibular advancement device (MAD) therapy.
Methods: Baseline and follow-up polysomnography with MAD were performed. Twenty patients with sdOSA under MAD therapy underwent two consecutive randomized polysomnographies: one with SPT and one with combination of SPT + MAD.