Flow Simulation in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Two Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients with Successful and Failed Surgery

Table 2

AHI measurement, minimal cross-sectional area near the retropalate, maximal cross-sectional area in the oropharynx, and area ratio (AR) (min area/max area) of two OSA subjects.

Subject	State	AHI	Min area (mm^2)	Max area (mm^2)	Area ratio
Subject 1	Presurgery	64.8	53	256.4	0.21
	Postsurgery	15.8	100	264.1	0.38
Subject 2	Presurgery	60.7	46	241.8	0.19
	Postsurgery	23.9	318	645.0	0.49