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J. DAVID OSGUTHORPE, MD
Charleston, SC

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1987;113(5):473.

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Victor Strelzow, MD, and collaborators, of the University of California at Irvine, recently reported cephalometric analyses of 90 middle-aged male patients with obstructive sleep apnea, and a smaller control group. Their report, presented at the Southern Section Meeting of the Triological Society in Santa Fe, NM, indicated that a preponderance of the patients had a more posteriorly placed hard palate and mandible, a longer soft palate, a larger tongue, a more inferiorly located hyoid, and a diminished air space between the hyoid and posterior pharyngeal wall than those in the control group. Combining the aforementioned parameters, it was established that the patient group had a smaller total pharyngeal airway than the control group had. A correlation between the cephalometric findings and the site(s) and severity of nocturnal airway obstruction was suggested by the findings. It was also concluded that the pharyngeal anatomy was a substantial determinant of one's susceptibility to . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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