Outpatient orthognathic surgery: review of 205 cases.

Purpose: This article reviews the evolution of outpatient orthognathic surgery from 1988 to 1995 at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Patients And Methods: A total of 328 patients had orthognathic surgery from 1988 to 1995. Two hundred and five (124 females, 81 males) were treated on an outpatient basis in the surgical suite of the dental school.

Dental management of children with asthma.

Asthma affects about 1 in 10 children. The condition is characterized by acute respiratory distress brought on by environmental factors. The condition is treated with medications aimed to reduce reaction to stimulants by the airway.

Outpatient orthognathic surgery: criteria and a review of cases.

Over a 9-year period, 87 orthognathic procedures were performed in an outpatient environment. Procedures performed included horizontal mandibular osteotomies, rapid palatal expansions, bilateral sagittal split osteotomies, posterior and anterior maxillary osteotomies, and Le Fort I osteotomies. Fourteen of these patients were subsequently admitted to a hospital for either observation or full inpatient care.