An interim oral appliance as a screening tool during drug-induced sleep endoscopy to predict treatment success with a mandibular advancement device for obstructive sleep apnea.
Pien Fenneke Nicole BosschieterJulia A M Uniken VenemaPatty E VonkMadeline J L RaveslootJoost W VanhommerigA HoekemaJoanneke M PlooijF LobbezooNico de VriesPublished in: Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung (2022)
The potential predictive value with regard to MAD therapy outcomes of the use of an interim MAD during DISE would be an important finding, since the prediction of MAD therapy outcome is of great clinical and scientific interest. A study with a larger cohort should be performed to further investigate our findings.