Osteotomy of the premaxilla.
31 cleft patients with displaced premaxilla were operated on and the results evaluated. On the whole, there were few complications, but bony consolidation was sometimes retarded. Also closure of residual fistulae may present a problem.
D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014945:Wound Healing