Antonius A.J. Hilgevoord

TL;DR: Evaluated prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea among patients undergoing bariatric surgery and the predictive value of various clinical parameters: body mass index (BMI), neck circumference (NC) and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) found to be insufficient predictors of the presence of OSA found increased neck circumference, BMI and the ESS to be inadequate predictors.

TL;DR: The Sleep Position Trainer applied for 1 month is a highly successful and well-tolerated treatment for POSA patients, which diminishes subjective sleepiness and improves sleep-related quality of life without negatively affecting sleep efficiency.

TL;DR: This first international expert meeting provided 58 statements and recommendations for a clinical consensus guideline regarding the perioperative management of OSA patients undergoing MBS.

TL;DR: A new neck‐worn device which influences sleep position by offering a vibration when in supine position, without significantly reducing total sleep time is developed, and it is expected that positional therapy with such a device can be applied as a single treatment in many patients with mild to moderate position‐dependent obstructive sleep apnoea, while in patients with a more severe obstructiveSleep apNoea such adevice could be used in combination with other treatment modalities.

TL;DR: BS initiates dramatic improvement and even remission of clinical and sleep parameters during the first 7 months, which continues at a slower rate over the next 10 months; a follow-up PSG after surgery is recommended.