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Journal of oral science · Jun 2007
Case ReportsSurgical treatment for sleep apnea: changes in craniofacial and pharyngeal airway morphology in a child with achondroplasia.
- Kieko Sato, Naoko Niikuni, Ichiro Nakajima, Tetsuo Shirakawa, and Hideaki Sakata.
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Nihon University school of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan. onodera-k@dent.nihon-u.ac.jp
- J Oral Sci. 2007 Jun 1; 49 (2): 173-7.
AbstractHere, we report the case of a male child with achondroplasia who was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea and underwent adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy. By analyzing lateral cephalograms, we evaluated the craniofacial and pharyngeal airway morphology immediately before surgery (age, 5 years 6 months) and 1 year 2 months after surgery (age, 6 years 8 months). Adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy dilated the pharynx and improved the craniofacial and pharyngeal morphologies, apparently thus improving the sleep apnea.
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