Part 2: Is the maxillary canting and its surgical correction in patients with CFM correlated to the mandibular deformity?

Patients with Craniofacial Microsomia (CFM) mandibles Types I/IIa benefit from combined LeFort 1 osteotomy and Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis (LeFort+MDO); Type IIb from LeFort+MDO or Bimaxillary osteotomy (BiMax); and Type III from BiMax (with 50% of cases having preceding mandibular procedures, including patient-fitted prosthesis); as seen in Part 1. This leads to the question how maxillary and mandibular hypoplasia are correlated and influence the types of maxillary correction.

Source: Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery - May 24, 2018 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Britt I. Pluijmers, Lara S. van de Lande, Cornelia J.J.M. Caron, Eppo B. Wolvius, David J. Dunaway, Bonnie Padwa, Maarten J. Koudstaal Source Type: research