Correlation between gonial angle and dynamic tongue collapse in children with snoring/sleep disordered breathing – an exploratory pilot study

Correlation between gonial angle and dynamic tongue collapse in children with snoring/sleep disordered breathing – an exploratory pilot study

Abstract Background Drug induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) is hoped to identify reasons of failure of adenotonsillectomy (AT) in treating pediatric sleep disordered breathing (SDB). Maxillomandibular disproportion has been studied as another association which may explain alternative pathogenesis of SDB...

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Main Authors: S. Anderson, N. Alsufyani, A. Isaac, M. Gazzaz, H. El-Hakim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Subjects:
Pediatric sleep disordered breathing
Maxillo-mandibular disproportion
Gonial angle
Adeno-tonsillectomy
Drug induced sleep endoscopy
Pharyngeal collapse
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40463-018-0285-8

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