Early Surgery: Le Fort I Advancement in a 6-Year-Old Patient-A Therapeutic Approach Using a Modified Le Fort I Osteotomy.

Orthognathic surgery in young patients before completion of skeletal growth is still sharply discussed today. In the following case report of a 6-year-old patient, however, there was a vital indication for treatment. The main clinical symptoms were characterized by impaired hearing as a result of constantly recurring seromucotympanum and adenoids, persistent rhinorrhea and otorrhea, chronic tonsillitis and chronic otitis media.

Upper airway changes following high oblique sagittal split osteotomy (HSSO).

The aim of this study was to evaluate volumetric changes of the posterior airway space (PAS) following bimaxillary surgery using a high oblique sagittal split osteotomy (HSSO) of the mandibular ramus. The cone beam CTs of Class II and Class III patients taken before (T0) and 6-12 months after surgery (T1) were analyzed using 3D software (Mimics® Innovation Suite 18.0).

Moving the mandible in orthognathic surgery - A multicenter analysis.

Orthognathic surgery has always been a classical focus of maxillofacial surgery. Since more than 100 years, various surgical techniques for mandibular repositioning have been developed and clinically tested. Since the establishment of plate and screw osteosynthesis, orthognathic surgery became more stable and safe.

[Short sagittal osteotomy].

Bilateral sagittal split osteotomy has become the standard mandibular surgery for the treatment of dento-facial deformities. Even patients with less important deformities may undergo surgery. The morbidity must be as low as possible.

Influence of maxillary advancement surgery on skeletal and soft-tissue changes in the nose - a retrospective cone-beam computed tomography study.

Objectives: Surgical correction of skeletal maxillary retroposition is often associated with changes in the morphology of the nose. Unwanted alar flaring of the nose is observed in many cases. The aim of the present study was therefore to investigate the influence of surgical advancement of the maxilla on changes in the soft-tissue morphology of the nose.