Le Fort I advancement with segmental palatal osteotomies in patients with cleft palates.
A modification of the Henderson-Jackson technique of Le Fort osteotomy and oronasal fistula closure is presented. The primary advantage of the procedure is that the palatal osteotomy allows precise positioning of the collapsed cleft dentoalveolar segment with negligible relapse.
D000293:Adolescent; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000601:surgery; D008437:Maxilla / Q000002:abnormalities; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D010159:Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous