Gender-specific cephalometric features related to obesity in sleep apnea patients: trilogy of soft palate-mandible-hyoid bone

• Main Authors: Seok Hyun Cho (Author), Jae-Yun Jeon (Author), Kun-Soo Jang (Author), Sang Yoon Kim (Author), Kyung Rae Kim (Author), Seungho Ryu (Author), Kyung-Gyun Hwang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between gender-specific and obesity-related airway anatomy in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) by using cephalometric analyses. Methods We retrospectively evaluated 206 patients with suspected OSA undergoing poly...