title: Three-dimensional CT reconstruction and volume measurements of the pharyngeal airway before and after maxillofacial surgery in obstructive sleep apnea.
abstract: We believe that maxillofacial surgery is a successful procedure for treatment of sleep apnea, provided the patients are fully assessed pre-operatively with nocturnal polysomnography and pharyngeal airway imaging. Long follow-up is also necessary to evaluate success.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Metes
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hoffstein
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Direnfeld
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Chapnik
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zamel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002508:Cephalometry; D002680:Chin / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006928:Hyoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008437:Maxilla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D010614:Pharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014059:Tongue / Q000601:surgery