Distraction osteogenesis for management of obstructive sleep apnoea in temporomandibular joint ankylosis patients before the release of joint

作者：Yadav Rahul; Bhutia Ongkila^*; Shukla Garima; Roychoudhury Ajoy

来源：Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, 2014, 42(5): 588-594.

DOI：10.1016/j.jcms.2013.07.031

• Obstructive sleep apnoea
• Temporomandibular joint ankylosis
• Blood oxygen saturation
• Retrognathia

Aim: To evaluate the effects of distraction osteogenesis in management of obstructive sleep apnoea patients secondary to temporomandibular joints ankylosis.
Methods: Fifteen patients were included in study. Preoperatively the patients were worked up for polysomnography and CT scans. Only those patients with Apnoea-hypopnoea index >15 events/h denoting moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea were included in the study. Distraction osteogenesis was followed with 5 days latency period in adult patients and 0 days for children. Rate of distraction was 1 mm/day for adults and 2 mm/day for children till the mandibular incisors were in reverse overjet After 3 months post distraction assessment was done using polysomnography and CT scan.
TMJ ankylosis was released by doing gap arthroplasty after distraction osteogenesis. Results: Post distraction improvement was seen in clinical features of OSA like daytime sleepiness and snoring. Epworth sleepiness scale improved from a mean of 10.25 to 2.25. Polysomnographic analysis also showed improvement in all cases with apnoea-hypopnoea index from 57.03 to 6.67 per hour. Lowest oxygen saturation improved from 64.47% to 81.20% and average minimum oxygen saturation improved from 92.17% to 98.19%. Body. mass index improved from a mean of 18.26 to 21.39 kg/m(2).
Conclusion: Distraction osteogenesis is a stable and beneficial treatment option for temporomandibular joint ankylosis patients with obstructive sleep apnoea.

• 出版日期2014-7
• 单位河北医科大学