 A new way to surgically treat your sleep apnea, I'm Dr. Sonny Haft, assistant professor at University of Maryland School of Medicine within the head neck surgery department and today we are drawing outside the lines. And so I will be talking to you about the hypoglossal nerve implant and what that is is it's a very elegant, simple solution to cure your sleep apnea. Most people when they sleep at night and they do have sleep apnea it's because their tongue falls back in their throat and they simply cannot get enough air. What this surgery does is stimulates the tongue to just come forward a little bit to allow air through and to bring it back to its natural position right there. It's a simple outpatient procedure you have a small two-inch incision right here where a lead goes on the nerve that leads to your tongue and then there's a small device again that goes through a two-inch incision down here on your chest and it senses every time you breathe in at night time and sends a signal to your tongue to bring it forward and that's all it is. You turn it on at night and you turn it off when you wake up in the morning. So we work together as a comprehensive team, us as surgeons and the sleep doctors on the medicine side to really deliver you the best night's rest.