Morphological changes in the upper airway following mandibular distraction osteogenesis in craniofacial microsomia patients with obstructive sleep apnoea.

Mandibular distraction surgery widened the upper airway in craniofacial microsomia patients with sleep apnoea, but these airway improvements occurred regardless of whether the procedure successfully treated the sleep apnoea.

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