Surgical correction of residual facial deformity following treatment of acromegaly.
The features and treatment of acromegaly are described and emphasis placed on the apparent failure of the bone deformities to regress. A method of one stage correction of such residual facial deformity is described and illustrated in a patient with deformities of the mandible, frontal, zygomatic and nasal bones, nine years after hypophysectomy.
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D000172:Acromegaly / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000601:surgery*; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D011378:Prognathism / Q000601:surgery