Sleep and snoring
Background and research focus
Background
The department of otorhinolaryngology and the department of head and neck surgery have built up clinical expertise in sleep and snoring disorders in collaboration with the Ghent University Sleep Clinic.
This collaboration and years of experience (since 2001) created a platform that efficiently can be engaged when called upon for national and international research.
Research focus
- Hypoglossal nerve stimulation
- Nasal disorders and snoring
- Nasal disorders and CPAP intolerance
- Surgical output in sleep disordered breathing
- Laryngeal surgery (supraglottoplasty) for sleep disordered breathing
- Transoral robotic surgery for sleed disordered breathing
- Sleep position
- Drug-induced sleep endoscopy
- Barbed reposition pharyngoplasty
- Oromyofacial therapy
- Microbiome (and sleep)
- Treatment emergent central sleep apnea (post surgery)
Members
Professors and Guest Professors
Sofie Claeys (contact person)
Technical staff
Chloé Kastoer (University Hospital Ghent)
National and international collaborations
Prof. dr. O. Vanderveken (UZA)
Dr. Peter Van Maanen (OLVG West, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)