Maxillary distraction resulting in facial advancement at Le Fort III level in cleft lip and palate patients : a report of two cases
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Zwahlen, Roger A.
Butow, Kurt-Wilhelm
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An 18-year-old female and a 14-year-old male who had previously received surgery for primary repair of a nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate (including alveolar defect bone grafting) unintentionally developed facial advancement at the Le Fort III level after surgical correction of their maxillary hypoplasia. The Le Fort I osteotomy, originally performed for their maxillary dentoalveolar hypoplasia, was an incomplete osteotomy. It was performed without down-fracture, leaving the pterygomaxillary and septal junctions intact. The gradual advancement of the maxilla during distraction osteogenesis was planned to correct the hypoplastic maxilla, and also prevent subsequent hypernasality; however, during the distraction procedure by means of a rigid external device both patients developed an unintentional facial advancement at the Le Fort III level.
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Cleft lip, Cleft palate, Le Fort III, Maxillary distraction
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Zwalen, RA & Bütow, K-W 2004, 'Maxillary distraction resulting in facial advancement at Le Fort III level in cleft lip and palate patients : a report of two cases', Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology, vol. 98, no. 5, pp. 541-545. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10792104]