title: Apert's syndrome: modification in corrective techniques.
abstract: While the osteotomy techniques for craniofacial synostosis treatment are well-known and frequently used, the resolution of the nasal air impairment, ocular prolapse, and retromaxillism relapse remains unsatisfactory. The modification of the osteotomy presented here has the purpose of a new therapeutic trial.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Cirurgia Craniofacial Hospital de Reabilitação de Baurú, Centrinho USP, Brasil.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Zanini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Viterbo
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Parro
mesh_terms: D000168:Acrocephalosyndactylia / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000601:surgery; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D015050:Zygoma / Q000601:surgery