Obstructive sleep apnea in a growing patient

Sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) is a complex respiratory disorder that is very d ifficult to diagnose and to treat surgically as well as medically. SAS can affect growing patients as well as adults. SAS shows a central, an obstruct ive, and a mixed form. Diagnosis is based on clinical examination of the pa tient and instrumental examinations such as teleradiography, nuclear magnet ic resonance imaging (NMR), three-dimensional computed tomography, polysomn ography, rhinomanometry, and spirometry. The patient presented has an obstr uctive form of SAS in addition to Crouzon's disease. He underwent a Le Fort III osteotomy to obtain an advancement of the orbitomaxillary complex, all owing an increase in volume of posterior airway space at the level of the h ypopharynx.