Modelling the Upper Airways of Mandibular Advancement Surgery: A Systematic Review

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is a conceivably hazardous ailment. Most end up with non-reversible surgical techniques, such as the maxillomandibular advancement (MMA) procedure. MMA is an amazingly obtrusive treatment, regularly connected to complexities and facial change. Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) is broadly utilized as an instrument to comprehend the stream system inside the human upper airways (UA) completely. There are logical inconsistencies among the investigations into the utilizations of CFD for OSAS study. Thus, to adequately understand the requirement for OSAS CFD investigation, a systematic literature search was performed. This review features the necessary recommendations to accurately model the UA to fill in as an ideal predictive methodology before mandibular advancement surgery.

Automated summary

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a potentially dangerous disease that is often treated with non-reversible surgical techniques like maxillomandibular advancement (MMA). Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) is widely used to understand the flow mechanism in the human upper airways (UA). However, there are contradictory studies on the use of CFD for OSAS research. Therefore, a systematic literature search was conducted to understand the requirement for OSAS CFD investigation and provide necessary recommendations for accurately modeling the UA as an ideal predictive method before mandibular advancement surgery.