Blood loss and operative time associated with orthognathic surgery utilizing a novel navigation system in cleft lip and palate patients.

CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated that the application of the 3D CASNOS approach in OGS for the management of complicated Class III nongrowing patients with CLP significantly shortened the operative time and reduced ABL in comparison with the traditional 2D methods.
PMID: 30630700 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: J Formos Med Assoc - January 7, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tsai CY, Chang YJ, Wu TJ, Lai JP, Chen TY, Lin SS Tags: J Formos Med Assoc Source Type: research