Surgical correction of "dish face" deformity caused by malunited maxillary fractures by modified Le Fort III (malar maxillary advancement)+Le Fort I osteotomy: Report of a case.

Facial Trauma, Maxillary and Le Fort Fractures

Author: Kris S Moe, MD, FACS, Chief, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine; Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Diego Coauthor(s): Patrick Byrne, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Divisi...

Le Fort I Osteotomy for Maxillary Repositioning and Distraction Techniques

Surgical correction of septal deviation after Le Fort I osteotomy

BACKGROUND The Le Fort I osteotomy is one of the most widely used and useful procedure to correct the dentofacial deformities of the midface. The changes of the maxilla position affect to overlying soft tissue including the nasal structure. Postoperative nasal septum deviation is a rare and unpredicted outcome after the surgery. There are only a few reports reporting the management of this comp...

The Surgical Predictability of Maxillary Advancement and Impaction in Le Fort I Osteotomy

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the amount of preoperatively planned surgical movement of the maxilla and postoperatively obtained maxillary repositioning. Materials and Method: Thirty-one patients (16 female and 15 male) were included in this study. Fifteen combined maxillary advancement and impaction, 5 isolated maxillary impaction, and 11 isolated maxillary advan...

Comparison of maxillary stability after Le Fort I osteotomy for occlusal cant correction surgery and maxillary advanced surgery.

OBJECTIVE To compare postoperative maxillary stability following Le Fort I osteotomy for the correction of occlusal cant as compared with conventional Le Fort I osteotomy for maxillary advancement. STUDY DESIGN The subjects were 40 Japanese adults with jaw deformities. Of these, 20 underwent a Le Fort I osteotomy and intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy (IVRO) to correct asymmetric skeletal mor...