Post-Operative Radiological Evaluation of a Bilateral Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation System
The take-home point is simple. For a patient with a Genio implant, the plain film is the image that shows the hardware. Every x-ray was clean, all eleven. Every CT carried artifact, all eight. Dr. Nord's practice is built on high-volume Inspire implantation and barbed reposition pharyngoplasty. This is Genio data from eleven patients, so its numbers stay with Genio. What it adds is to counseling and to imaging. When a patient asks about the bilateral device, the meta-analyses are the place to start. There's no demonstrated efficacy advantage over unilateral stimulation, and the safety record…
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