Surgical treatment for sleep apnea: changes in craniofacial and pharyngeal airway morphology in a child with achondroplasia.
Here, 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.
Sato
Kieko
K
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Nihon University school of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan. onodera-k@dent.nihon-u.ac.jp
Niikuni
Naoko
N
Nakajima
Ichiro
I
Shirakawa
Tetsuo
T
Sakata
Hideaki
H
D000130:Achondroplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000233:Adenoidectomy; D002508:Cephalometry; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010614:Pharynx / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology*; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014068:Tonsillectomy