Preoperative sleep-disordered breathing and craniofacial abnormalities are risk factors for postoperative sleep-disordered breathing in patients undergoing skin-flap oropharyngeal reconstruction surgery for oral cavity cancer: a prospective case-control study
ConclusionsOropharyngeal reconstruction surgery worsens sleep-disordered breathing in some patients with craniofacial and surgical risk factors.Trial registrationUMIN Clinical Trial Registry (UMIN000036260, March 22, 2019),https://rctportal.niph.go.jp/s/detail/um?trial_id=UMIN000036260
Source: Sleep and Breathing - Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
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