Effect of snoring on facial growth in children
10.3321/j.issn:1673-0860.2008.12.014
- VernacularTitle:小儿鼾症对颌面骨发育影响的初步观察
- Author:
Qing-Feng ZHANG
1
;
Yi-Feng TONG
;
Qing-Long GU
;
Wen-Fei QIN
;
Shuang TU
Author Information
1. 辽宁省大连市中心医院
- Keywords:
Airway obstruction;
Maxillofacial development;
Tonsillectomy;
Adenoidectomy;
Child,preschool
- From:
Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2008;43(12):935-938
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the effect of snoring on facial growth in children and the changes after surgery.Methods Observations on facial growth were taken by X-ray 1.5-2 years before and after surgery on 40 children snorers aged between 2-5 years old,whose tonsils and(or)adenoids were completely removed.The data collected before surgery in the 2-3 years old snorers and in the 4-5 years old ones were compared with the data from healthy children at the same age respectively.Results The comparison of data between 21 children snorers aged from 2-3 and 17 healthy children of the same ages showed that there was no significant difference in the diameter of pharyngeal cavity at tongue base(PAS),the diameter of nasopharyngeal cavity(UPW-PNS) and the angle between andibular plane and frankfort horizontal plane(FH-MP)within 2-3 years group by statistically(P＞0.05).There is no significance in UPW-PNS and FH-MP angle within 4-5 years group by statistics(P＞0.05).Others results is significance in all groups(P＜0.05 or P＜0.01).There was no significant difference in all groups expect Y-axis Angle 1.5-2 years after surgery(P＞0.05).Conclusions Abnormal facial growth was caused by the consistent force from the changed way of breathing due to the increasing uarrowness of upper airway obstruction and the long-existing obstructive sleep.Surgery done as soon as possible is helpful to reduce the force caused by the obstruction and helpful to the normal facial growth.
