Key Points:
-Hypnosis is an effective approach in patient with sleep apnea syndrome
for the sleep endoscopy.
-The difficulty to perform nasofibroscopy was associated with lower
muscle relaxation during hypnosis and difficulty in consciousness step.
-Both otolaryngologist and hypnosis practitioner reported adequate
outcomes in the realization of sleep endoscopy staging (VOTE scoring)
and hypnosis steps in office.
-There were no adverse effects or complication during the procedures,
and the nasofibroscopic examination was well-tolerated in 95% of cases,
with low levels of stress during the HISE.
-Future controlled studies are needed to assess the cost reduction,
advantages and disadvantages of hypnosis-induced sleep endoscopy vs
drug-induced sleep endoscopy.
Key words : Sleep; Apnea; Hypopnea; Syndrome; Endoscopy;
Hypnosis; Otolaryngology; Head Neck.