Open AccessTwo-Year-Old with Post-Surgical Hypoglossal Nerve Injury and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Author(s) -
Lourdes M. DelRosso,
Romy Hoque,
Eduardo GonzalezToledo
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical sleep medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1550-9397
pISSN - 1550-9389
DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.3372
Subject(s) - medicine , hypoglossal nerve , obstructive sleep apnea , polysomnography , apnea , tongue , anesthesia , sleep apnea , fasciculation , airway , anatomy , pathology
Airway patency in both children and adults depends on the tonic and phasic activation of muscles of the tongue and pharynx supplied by the hypoglossal nerve arising at the medullary level.
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