Media reports

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is a common disease. People who are obese, elderly, male, drinkers, and have retracted jaws are at higher risk. Patients experience repeated upper airway obstruction during sleep, resulting in a decrease in blood oxygen saturation, causing them to wake up from their sleep or have sleep interruptions. Long-term hypoxia affects the brain and cardiovascular health, and may even lead to shock in severe cases. After confirming sleep apnea, clinicians usually use first-line conservative treatment, such as using corrective devices such as positive pressure ventilators or anti-snoring braces to improve sleep quality while sleeping. However, these methods have certain limitations for patients with moderate to severe conditions. Some patients report that the high pressure of positive pressure ventilators often causes discomfort, such as headaches or inability to wear them all night; and anti-snoring braces require a large forward movement of the mandible, which can easily cause discomfort in the temporomandibular joint, resulting in poor treatment effects. In comparison, for severe patients who cannot adapt to positive pressure ventilators or have tried non-surgical treatments and still cannot improve their sleep quality, orthognathic surgery to widen the airway space should even be considered as the first-line treatment.