Miró Castillo N, Roca-Ribas Serdà F, Perelló Scherdel E
Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Badalona.
Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp. 1998 Mar;49(2):111-8.
Lateral cranial teleradiography was carried out in 106 subjects, including obese and non-obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and obese and non-obese healthy snorers and controls. In the OSAS patients alone, the hyoid bone occupied an abnormally low position, which pushed the tongue into a more vertical position. OSAS patients had the most voluminous soft tissues, followed by simple snorers and controls. Soft tissue volume generally was related with obesity. The pharyngeal airway space was widest in controls, intermediate in snores and narrowest in OSAS patients, except in the hypopharynx, where airway dimensions were similar in all the patients studied.
对106名受试者进行了颅骨侧位远距X线摄影，其中包括患有阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停综合征（OSAS）的肥胖和非肥胖患者以及肥胖和非肥胖的健康打鼾者及对照组。仅在OSAS患者中，舌骨位置异常低，这使得舌头处于更垂直的位置。OSAS患者的软组织最厚，其次是单纯打鼾者和对照组。软组织体积一般与肥胖有关。对照组的咽气道空间最宽，打鼾者居中，OSAS患者最窄，但下咽除外，在所研究的所有患者中，下咽气道尺寸相似。
