title: [Cephalometric analysis in the patients of TMJ ankylosis with OSAS: Skeletal morphology]
abstract: By cephalometric analysis of 18 normal men and 12 men who got TMJ ankylosis with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome(OSAS),the authors reported that there were cephalometric characteristics in the patients:the craniomaxillofacial bones displacement posteriorly and superiorly,and demonstrated that it is key to advance the patients' jaws and enlarge the upper airway space.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Second Medical University. Shanghai 200011,China.
authors.forename: X F
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Tiang
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Yuan