BACKGROUND The posterior movement of mandible was known as the main cause of the changes in the pharyngeal airway space (PAS) and the postoperative obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The purpose of this study was to know the changes of PAS and position of hyoid bone. METHODS Lateral cephalographies of 13 patients who had undergone sagittal split ramus osteotomy (SSRO) setback surgery were taken p...

The anatomical states of the oral cavity and pharynx during mouth breathing in children with adenoid hypertrophy and in adults confirmed the speculation that mouth breathing is disadvantageous compared with nose breathing. In addition, comparison of the anatomical state between wakefulness and sleep in normal adults showed slight depression of the tongue root and slight narrowing of the orophar...

BACKGROUND: Although direct infiltration of papillary carcinoma of thyroid to larynx, trachea and esophagus is well recognized, lymphatic and vascular metastases to larynx and hypopharynx have rarely been reported. CASE REPORT: A case of loco-regionally advanced papillary carcinoma of thyroid metastasizing to the hypopharynx and aryepiglottic fold is presented CONCLUSIONS: Papillary thyroid car...

The improvement of XRT techniques and imaging reliability, surgical advances (classical partial procedures and radical surgery), and the appearance of active chemotherapeutic regimens have shifted many paradigms. In particular, a tendency to avoid removing the entire larynx led many teams to assess preservation strategies using chemotherapy as first-line therapy to select candidates for either ...

A 63-year-old male was referred to our department from Primary Care with odinophagia of several years’ evolution, with episodes of fluctuating dysphonia and dyspnoea. He has a history as a smoker and moderate drinker, COPD, hiatus hernia with gastroesophageal reflux and ankylosing spondulitis. Physical exploration showed no changes to the larynx, with protrusion of the posterior wall of the hyp...

OBJECTIVE To determine the test-retest reliability of drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE). METHODS Prospective cohort study. Patients with OSA underwent two separate DISE examinations. The following outcomes were measured: a global assessment of obstruction at the palate and/or hypopharynx; the degree of obstruction at the palate and hypopharynx; and the contribution of individual structures ...