Maxillary distraction osteogenesis in Pfeiffer's syndrome: urgent ocular protection by gradual midfacial skeletal advancement.
Distraction osteogenesis is increasingly recognised as a potentially useful technique to achieve the co-ordinated augmentation of craniofacial skeletal and soft tissue. A case is presented where bilateral maxillary distraction was successfully used to advance the midface in the treatment of recurrent ocular dislocation, in a 10-month-old boy with Pfeiffer's syndrome.
Craniofacial Centre, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
J A
JA
Britto
R D
RD
Evans
R D
RD
Hayward
B M
BM
Jones
D000168:Acrocephalosyndactylia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed