Mandibular advancement and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
A surgical procedure performed to advance the mandible in patients with retrognathia and obstructive sleep apnea is described. The case history of an obese patient with severe sleep apnea problems who underwent a number of treatments, responding only to mandibular advancement, is presented.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D010027:Osteotomy; D063173:Retrognathia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*