title: Effects of maxillary advancement and impaction on nasal airway function.
abstract: The effects of Le Fort I osteotomy on the nasal airway are controversial. This study aimed to evaluate nasal airway changes after Le Fort I. 25 patients underwent conventional Le Fort I osteotomy and were separated into three groups depending on the type of surgery they underwent. 11 patients needed maxillary impaction, 9 underwent maxillary advancement, and 5 had both maxillary impaction and advancement. Rhinological examinations, anterior rhinomanometry and acoustic rhinometry were carried out 1 week before surgery and 3 months after that. Wilcoxon and χ(2) tests were used for data analysis. The samples included 19 females and 6 males with a mean age of 22.4 ± 3.32 years. Rhinomanometric assessment showed that total nasal airflow was increased from 406 ± 202 ml/s to 543 ± 268 ml/s in all three groups. Significant decrease in nasal airway resistance was seen in all three groups. Acoustic rhinometry revealed a significant decrease in total nasal volume but an increase in the cross-sectional areas of isthmus nasi (IN) and inferior concha. The rhinomanometric measurements showed improvements in the total nasal airflow after Le Fort I osteotomy with alar base cinch suture in cases where the impaction was not higher than 5.5mm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pourdanesh
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharifi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohebbi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jamilian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019186:Mandibular Advancement; D008437:Maxilla / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055815:Young Adult