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Assessment of Posterior Pharyngeal Airway Changes After Orthognathic Surgery Using Barium Sulfate
Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), caused by airway narrowing, is likely to occur if the mandibular plane to hyoid distance is greater than 15.4 mm and the posterior airway space (PAS) is less than 11 mm. OSA may be caused by mandibular deficit, bimaxillary retrusion, increased lower facia...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10472191/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37664273 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42836 |