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KMID : 0360119960180030463
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Journal of the Korean Society of Maxillofacial Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons
1996 Volume.18 No. 3 p.463 ~ p.469
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Cephalometric analysis of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome patients
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김태규
양동구/정인교/김종렬/노환중
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Abstract
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Sonoring is caused by the repeated obstructions of versatile upper air way structure during sleep and is known as a kind of disease entity varing from simple snoring to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome(OSAS) which can cause serious
cardiopulmonary
complications due to its hypoxic pathophysiology. It has been reported that over 30% of middle-aged person have the problems of snoring and its accompanied symptomes and signs.
Cephalometric measurements, frequently used to measure sella-nasion-subspinale(SNA) and sella-nasion-supramentale(SNB) angles, can provide the informations about the posterior airway space(PAS), the mandibular plane(MP) and the position of hyoid
bone.
These informations are useful in determining the therapeutic modalities of the snoring and OSAS patients. However, with conventional routine upright position, it does not represent the actual images of obstructive mechanism during sleep but only
show
the images of awaken normal upper airway anatomy Therefore we have taken dual images of a routine upright lateral and a cephalometric view to compare both.
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