Over the past 30 years, distraction forces have been applied to the spectrum of craniofacial
osteotomies. It is now time to assess critically the current understanding of distraction in …

This guideline for care of children with craniosynostosis was developed by a national
working group with representatives of 11 matrix societies of specialties and the national …

Since its introduction in about 1950, the Le Fort III (LF III) procedure has become a widely
accepted treatment for correction of midface hypoplasia and related functional and esthetic …

OBJECTIVE: Little is known about the long-term prevalence of elevated intracranial pressure
(ICP), obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), level of education, language and motor skills …

Purpose It has been debated whether the Le Fort III procedure using distraction
osteogenesis (LFIII-DO) reduces the risk of postintervention relapse compared with …

Structured Abstract Objective To compare the effectiveness of distraction osteogenesis to
orthognathic surgery for the treatment of maxillary hypoplasia in individuals with cleft lip and …

Le Fort II and III distraction osteogenesis (DO) is a powerful tool in the craniofacial
armamentarium that is most often employed to treat patients with craniofacial syndromes …

Background: This study characterizes the perioperative morbidity of a large cohort of
subjects with syndromic craniosynostosis who underwent transcranial or subcranial midface …

This study compares internal and external distraction devices in the treatment of midface
retrusion. 20 patients were treated with midface distraction (12 Crouzon, 4 Apert, 4 others); …

To evaluate the feasibility of anterior maxillary segmental distraction (AMSD) to correct
maxillary hypoplasia and severe dental crowding in cleft lip and palate (CLP) patients, 7 …