This volume contains 20 chapters on sleep-related breathing disorders and new and innovative surgery for obstructive sleep apnea, as well as updated and traditional knowledge on nonsurgical and surgical patient management. Sleep medicine, otolaryngology, and other medical specialists from the US, Asia, and Europe discuss the history of sleep medicine; the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea, diagnosis through drug-induced sleep endoscopy, and treatment outcomes; the history of sleep surgery; novel positional devices for the treatment of positional obstructive sleep apnea; the updated Friedman staging system; advances in CPAP therapy and oral appliances; updates to nasal, palate, hypopharyngeal, minimally invasive, and box surgery; multilevel obstructive sleep apnea surgery; hypoglossal nerve stimulation systems; robotic surgery; pediatric obstructive sleep apnea; and future perspectives. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
