The Correlation Between Obesity, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence: A New Explanation for an Increasingly Common Problem

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Summary

Patients with SSCD demonstrated higher BMIs, higher rates of OSA, and were more likely to have accompanying tegmental defects, which may support a possible causality between increased intracranial pressure and the formation of superior semicircular canal dehiscence.

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2015-03-01
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Medicine, Cohort, Dehiscence, Obstructive sleep apnea, Retrospective cohort study

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