title: Long-term results of maxillomandibular advancement surgery in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.
abstract: This article describes the eight-year follow-up results of maxillomandibular advancement (MMA) in a cohort of patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Results are promising by means of Apnoea Hypopnoea Index (AHI) and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS).
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Deventer Hospital, Deventer, The Netherlands. gijsjaspers@gmail.com
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Jaspers
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Booij
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Graaf
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Lange
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001860:Bone Plates; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D019186:Mandibular Advancement / Q000379:methods*; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019340:Osteotomy, Le Fort / Q000379:methods; D059229:Osteotomy, Sagittal Split Ramus / Q000379:methods; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome