Operation Planning in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery

Operation planning in craniomaxillofacial surgery.

Surgery in the cranio-maxillo-facial area is complex. However, planning a surgical operation can help the surgeon in enhancing the quality of the operation. On the other hand, progress in planning seems not to be completely justiied if the planning strategy cannot be replicated during its execution. Problems occur during planning as well as during execution. A system that optimally supports the...

Virtual Planning and Intraoperative Navigation in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery

Craniomaxillofacial Deformities/cosmetic Surgery

Purpose: When osseous mandibular condylar resorption occurs there can be many different diagnoses: inflammatory arthritis, TMJ compression, trauma, hormone imbalances, and others. While each diagnosis has its own original inciting event, the pathophysiological pathway for articular bone loss is the same. The aim of this article is to review the relevant literature on condylar resorption and the...

Craniomaxillofacial Deformities/cosmetic Surgery

Purpose: To present a new technique for effective, rapid, and safe pterygomaxillary dysjunction in the context of a minimally invasive Le Fort I protocol and to provide the authors’ preliminary experience. Materials and Methods: In total, 1,297 consecutive patients underwent Le Fort I osteotomy as an isolated procedure or in combination with mandibular surgery. In all cases, the “twist techniqu...

Ancillary procedures necessary for translational research in experimental craniomaxillofacial surgery.

INTRODUCTION Swine are often regarded as having analogous facial skeletons to humans and therefore serve as an ideal animal model for translational investigation. However, there is a dearth of literature describing the pertinent ancillary procedures required for craniomaxillofacial research. With this in mind, our objective was to evaluate all necessary procedures required for perioperative man...