Three-Dimensional Computed Tomographic Analysis of Airway Anatomy in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 354-362

  Abramson, Zachary ^a   Susarla, Srinivas ^a   August, Meredith ^a   Troulis, Maria ^a   Kaban, Leonard ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ANATOMY; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; MALE; MANDIBLE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PALATE, HARD; PALATE, SOFT; PHARYNX; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE;

EID: 73949156940     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2009.09.087     Document Type: Article

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