Safety and effectiveness in explantation and re-implantation of hypoglossal nerve stimulation devices.
Philipp ArensThomas PenzelIngo FietzeAlexander BlauBodo WellerHeidi OlzeSteffen DommerichPublished in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2020)
Explantation and re-implantation are technically challenging though possible procedures. The single-staged equilateral reimplantation of another hypoglossal nerve stimulation system can, but need not, be successful.