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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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Autores principales: Biradar, Jyoti M, Kumar, Mahesh, N, Srinath, Kadam, Harshawardhan Ravindra, Tamboli, Abdullah N, Shinde, Swapnil U
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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