A case of improved obstructive sleep apnea by distraction osteogenesis for midface hypoplasia of an infantile Crouzon's syndrome

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-77

  Uemura, Tetsuji ^a,b   Hayashi, Takashi ^c   Satoh, Kaneshige ^c   Mitsukawa, Nobuyuki ^c   Yoshikawa, Atsushige ^c   Jinnnai, Takao ^a,b   Hosaka, Yoshiaki ^c  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crouzon's syndrome; Distraction osteogenesis; Le Fort III osteotomy; Midface hypoplasia; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROUZON SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; MIDFACE HYPOPLASIA; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TRACHEOSTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0035746154     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200101000-00012     Document Type: Article

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