Healing of the bone incision following Le Fort I osteotomy.
A histologic evaluation of punch biopsies from the osteotomy sites of five patients who had undergone a Le Fort I procedure was performed. Results of the evaluation indicated that the area between the segments healed with mature compact bone.
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing