title: A method to facilitate placement of screws for sagittal ramus osteotomy.
abstract: This article describes a method of placing screws for bilateral sagittal ramus osteotomies. The technique, a slight modification of previous methods, eliminates the need for use of a clamp, aids in proximal segment control, and employs a single transosseous wire and two transcortical screws. This method has been used in more than 50 cases and has been proved to be adaptable and stable, even without intermaxillary fixation.
mesh_terms: D001863:Bone Screws; D001864:Bone Wires; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*