title: Oral-acral syndrome and its correction using maxillary bone distraction osteogenesis.
abstract: A rare congenital defect of the anterior part of the maxillary bone and absence of teeth is presented. We describe a patient with oral-acral syndrome and the treatment of the maxillary retrusion using distraction osteogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hospital Nacional de Pediatría J.P. Garrahn, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dogliotti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nadal
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ulfe
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D000848:Anodontia / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017880:Limb Deformities, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D008437:Maxilla / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D009056:Mouth Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction; D019340:Osteotomy, Le Fort; D013577:Syndrome