Vik Veer

Consultant ENT Surgeon

Royal National Throat, Nose & Ear Hospital and Queens Hospital, Romford, UK.

Latest Contribution

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RCT: tongue retaining devices vs CPAP for OSA

7 January 2021 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Continuous positive airway pressure, Obstructive sleep apnea, TRD, Thai, Tongue-retaining device

This study compared the effect of a tongue retaining device versus the use of CPAP in 27 patients within a crossover RCT design. Tongue retaining devices (also known as tongue stabilising devices), are similar in appearance to a plastic tongue-sized...

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An alternative device for obstructive sleep apnoea

7 January 2020 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Apnea–hypopnea index, Intermittent negative air pressure, Intraoral device, Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, Oral pressure therapy, Sleep-disordered breathing

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the first-line treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), primarily due to the vast amount of short-term evidence in the medical literature it has accrued. The enduring obstacle to CPAP from becoming a treatment option...

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Hypoglossal nerve stimulation for OSA

1 November 2019 | | Otology | Hypoglossal nerve, Long term, Obstructive sleep apnea, Stimulation, Upper airway

Hypoglossal nerve stimulation has been lauded as the great new surgical treatment panacea for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). This meta-analysis includes 12 studies with a total of 350 patients, including the five-year follow-up data from the STAR trial which was...