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The Role of Epiglottis in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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The chapter describes the development of manometry for the diagnosis of OSA and provides an overview of a manometry system. Furthermore, clinical applications of manometry are discussed. The advantages and disadvantages compared to the gold standard for the detection of anatomic location and pattern of obstructions, drug-induced sleep endoscopy, are presented. In summary, manometry can be used to measure obstructions in the upper airway throughout a whole night without the use of drug-induced sleep. Current manometry systems are not able to clearly distinguish between a collapse at the tongue base and epiglottis. Future developments will probably enable the identification of epiglottic collapse with manometry as reviewed in the outlook.

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Wirth, M. (2023). Manometry. In: Delakorda, M., de Vries, N. (eds) The Role of Epiglottis in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34992-8_9

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