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

CONCLUSIONS: Oropharyngeal reconstruction surgery worsens sleep-disordered breathing in some patients with craniofacial and surgical risk factors.TRIAL REGISTRATION: UMIN Clinical Trial Registry (UMIN000036260, March 22, 2019), https://rctportal.niph.go.jp/s/detail/um?trial_id=UMIN000036260.PMID:38110600 | DOI:10.1007/s11325-023-02962-6

Source: Sleep and Breathing - December 19, 2023 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Fumihiro Yoshikawa Natsuko Nozaki-Taguchi Ayumi Yamamoto Nozomi Tanaka Aika Tanzawa Katsuhiro Uzawa Shiroh Isono Source Type: research