This book provides comprehensive information on the etiology, pathophysiology, medical implications, diagnosis, and surgical and nonsurgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Divided into five parts, the book begins with principles and fundamentals of OSA and its diagnostic considerations. Subsequent parts then address non-surgical management, surgical management, and maxillomandibular advancements for OSA. Chapters seek to approach this common disorder from the viewpoint of multiple specialties, thereby promoting the development of a broad strategy for the evaluation and management of OSA patients that draws on each of them. An invaluable reference, Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Evidence-Based, Multidisciplinary Textbook meets the needs of advanced dental and medical students, orthodontic, maxillofacial, ENT, neurology, and plastic surgery residents, and sleep medicine and pulmonary physicians.
This book provides comprehensive information on the etiology, pathophysiology, medical implications, diagnosis, and surgical and nonsurgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Divided into five parts, the book begins with principles and fundamentals of OSA and its diagnostic considerations. Subsequent parts then address non-surgical management, surgical management, and maxillomandibular advancements for OSA. Chapters seek to approach this common disorder from the viewpoint of multiple specialties, thereby promoting the development of a broad strategy for the evaluation and management of OSA patients that draws on each of them. An invaluable reference, Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Evidence-Based, Multidisciplinary Textbook meets the needs of advanced dental and medical students, orthodontic, maxillofacial, ENT, neurology, and plastic surgery residents, and sleep medicine and pulmonary physicians.
Provides up-to-date information on the diagnosis and surgical and nonsurgical management of obstructive sleep apnea Equips the reader with practical evidence-based guidance Covers fundamentals such as etiology and pathophysiology Approaches the topic from the viewpoint of multiple specialties
Ki Beom Kim
OSA Sleep-related breathing disorders Orthodontic considerations for OSA patients Snoring Tonsilectomy Maxillomandibular advancement
“This textbook is designed to help sleep medicine specialists, surgeons and dentists who care for OSA patients by providing a comprehensive strategy for the evaluation and management of such patients approaching it from the perspective of multiple specialties … .” (Iulia Ciolachi, Stomatology EDU Journal, Vol. 8 (2), 2021)
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