Coronoid hyperplasia in pediatric patients
Coronoid hyperplasia is a rare condition that is characterized by enlargement of the coronoid process. It causes painless progressive limitation of the mouth opening because of the impaction of the…
Management of Mandibular tumors in the pediatric patient
Mandibular tumors are rare in the pediatric population, and their management depends on multiple factors such as patient age, type and size of the tumor, biological behavior and compromise of…
A case of application of bone transport and bone graft using Auto-tooth bone for alveolar cleft repair
Introduction: Secondary autogenous cancellous bone grafting is a widely used method for the treatment of alveolar clefts and oronasal fistulae. However, failure of iliac bone grafting sometimes occurs due to…
Skeletal correction of the mid-face in the adolescent craniofacial patient
Introduction: Following a fronto-orbital or monobloc advancement in infancy, further mid-facial deficiency is usually corrected by a Le Fort III advancement (now often with distraction techniques: external and internal). The…
Hemifacial (craniofacial) microsomia – an assessment of protocol driven outcomes
Introduction: The spectrum of craniofacial microsomia ranges from mild unilateral mandibular hypoplasia to gross facial asymmetry involving hypoplasia of the temporo-zygomatico-orbital complex, masticatory muscles and mandibular condyle/ramus unit together with…
The frequency of Le Fort I osteotomy in cleft patients
Introduction: Maxillary hypoplasia is the most frequent seen skeletal malformation in repaired cleft patients, which can be translated into the number of Le Fort I osteotomies (LFI) performed. Aim of…
Outcome of mandibular distraction for the management of micrognathia with obstructive sleep apnoea
Aim: To present the outcome of the management of 40 neonatal, infant and young children with micrognathia and severe upper airway obstruction who have undergone mandibular distraction. Background: Infants and…
Orbital changes following Le Fort III advancement in syndromic craniosynostosis: quantitative evaluation of orbital volume, infra-orbital rim and globe position
Aim: Patients with syndromic craniosynostosis often suffer from shallow orbits due to midface hypoplasia. The present study aims to evaluate quantitatively the influence of Le Fort III advancement on orbital…
The application of septal cartilage in unilateral cleft lip nasal deformity
Objective: To investigate the method that application of septal cartilage in unilateral nasal deformity. Methods: During the period between 2009.09 and 2010.04, totally 18 unilateral cleft lip nasal deformity had…
Advanced intravelar veloplasty for asymmetrical soft palate cleft reconstruction
Purpose: Of 3518 patients, 2777 presented with a soft palate cleft (sP). Intravelar veloplasty (Kriens, 1969) (Type I) was used until 1987. This was modified according to anatomical defects (Bütow…
