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Upper airway characteristics in unilateral hemifacial microsomia patients: a three-dimensional radiographic retrospective study.
International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery - 1 Oct 2026
Song L, Younis H, Al-Watary M Q H, Zhou Z, Li J
Abstract excerpt
This study investigated upper airway characteristics in hemifacial microsomia (HFM) patients. A total of 68 HFM patients, categorized into four phenotypes (type I, IIa, IIb, and III), and 82 age-, sex-, and body mass index-matched controls were analysed. 3D airway models were reconstructed using Mimics software, and several parameters, including airway volume, mean cross-sectional area (CSA), minimum CSA...
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- Humans
- Female
- Imaging, Three-Dimensional
- Retrospective Studies
- Male
- Child
- Adolescent
