Lower Face Asymmetry: Can We Distract the Mandibular Lower Border?

Cranial Maxillofac Trauma ReconstructionDOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1395386Orthognathic surgery and alloplastic grafting are the main stay in management in hemifacial microsomia. Distraction osteogenesis is used to increase the ramus and corpus length in the management, but here we have described a technique to increase the height of the body of the mandible using the principles of basal osteotomy and distraction osteogenesis.[...]Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.Article in Thieme eJournals:Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text

Source: Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and Reconstruction - November 24, 2014 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Rao, SanthoshRao, Sruthi Tags: Case Report Source Type: research