Upper airway and sleep quality changes after bimaxillary orthognathic surgery: influence of posterior nasal spine displacement in skeletal class III malocclusion.
Bimaxillary surgery for skeletal class III malocclusion reduced nasopharyngeal airway volume when the posterior nasal spine moved upward, but sleep quality improved postoperatively with no clinically significant breathing deterioration.
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