Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Table 3 the relationship between the airway space parameters and the amount of jaw movement

From: Three-dimensional analysis of changes in airway space after bimaxillary orthognathic surgery with maxillomandibular setback and their association with obstructive sleep apnea

	Mandibular setback	Maxillary setback	Posterior impaction
Volume (mm³)
Oropharyngeal airway	0.2466	0.7602	0.2079
Hypopharyngeal airway	0.7074	0.9571	0.7339
Upper airway	0.6286	0.2058	0.6672
Length (mm)
C1LW	0.578	0.9002	0.2749
C1AP	0.9432	0.5267	0.014*
C2LW	0.8028	0.3316	0.1167
C2AP	0.344	0.0531	0.7137
C3LW	0.3943	0.3316	0.8865
C3AP	0.2547	0.2601	0.687
Area (mm²)
C1A	0.9716	0.7878	0.1142
C2A	0.3637	0.6011	0.7818
C3A	0.9716	0.4568	0.9289

*p < 0.05 (Spearman`s correlation analysis)

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