Changes in oropharyngeal airway and respiratory function during sleep after orthognathic surgery in patients with mandibular prognathism

Abstract The aim of this study was to examine the effects of mandibular setback surgery on pharyngeal airway space and respiratory function during sleep. The subjects were 22 patients in whom mandibular prognathism was corrected by bilateral sagittal split ramus osteotomy; either one jaw or two jaw...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery 2011-06, Vol.40 (6), p.584-592
Hauptverfasser: Hasebe, D, Kobayashi, T, Hasegawa, M, Iwamoto, T, Kato, K, Izumi, N, Takata, Y, Saito, C
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