Combined Access for the Treatment of Medial Orbital Wall Fracture: Subciliary and Upper Eyelid Sulcus Incisions.

The present study presents a new surgical approach to treat medial orbital wall fractures, that is, the combined transcutaneous access through subciliary and upper eyelid sulcus incisions. The study performed the retrospective analysis of medical records belonging to 14 consecutive patients with medial orbital wall fracture, who were treated in the Plastic Surgery Division at Federal University of São Paulo, from 2005 to 2013, through the combination of subciliary and upper eyelid sulcus incisions to access the fracture foci. The mean age of the patients was 35.

Stability of surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion with and without retention analyzed by 3-dimensional imaging.

Introduction: Surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion (SARPE) is the procedure of choice for treatment of adults with transverse maxillary deficiency greater than 7 mm. There is no consensus about the dentoskeletal effect of an orthodontic retainer on the outcome of SARPE. Our objective was to assess the effectiveness of an orthodontic retainer on dentoskeletal stability.