Audrey Yoon, Tae Keong Kim, Mohamed Abdelwahab, Mai Nguyen, Hee Yeon Suh, Joorok Park, Heesoo Oh, Paola Pirelli, Stanley Yung-Chuan Liu
OBJECTIVES: To correlate skeletal and airway measures on imaging with polysomnographic and self-reported measures after distraction osteogenesis maxillary expansion (DOME), in the effort to identify clinically relevant sites of expansion to guide treatment for adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a retrospective study reviewing subjects who underwent DOME and had the complete set of the following data: peri-treatment cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans, polysomnography (PSG), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and nasal obstruction symptom (NOSE) scores...
February 20, 2023: Sleep & Breathing