Paediatric craniomaxillofacial (CMF) surgery requires a multidisciplinary team approach to ensure the optimal and holistic management of children with craniofacial deformities. The aim this retrospective study was analyse complications following functional interventions among 34 CMF deformity patients in single centre. Electronic data including patient demographic characteristics clinical entry...

Since introduction to the clinics in the 1990s, resorbable osteosynthesis systems have undergone extensive improvements in order to establish their use as a standard treatment, especially in craniomaxillofacial surgery. However, the development of osteosynthesis systems made of poly(α-hydroxy acid) polymers has been hindered by the lack of information on the mechanical properties and biocompati...

Computer-assisted technology was initially developed to provide neurosurgeons with precise guidance during surgical procedures. Currently available systems with and without robotic navigation are in use for specific medical indications. Various intraoperative navigation systems are used assisting surgery of the head and neck, such as endoscopic treatment of skull base [Kr96] and paranasal sinus...

Fibrous dysplasia is a rare bone disease caused by an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue in bone. We retrospectively evaluated eight patients (female to male ratio 3:1, mean age 22.5 years, range 10-32) with a monostotic form who were treated between 1996 and 2006. Two each were affected in the lower jaw, the upper jaw, the midface, and the frontoparietal region. Most patients were referr...