title: Mandibular angle augmentation with the use of distraction and homologous lyophilized cartilage in a case of morphing to Michael Jackson surgery.
abstract: Correction of an ill-defined mandibular angle is not an easy task, whether it is requested by the "congenital, orthognathic or cosmetic" patient. Deliberate over-correction has not been reported to our knowledge. This article presents a combination of distraction osteogenesis and lyophilized cartilage used to three-dimensionally over-augment the mandibular angle of a long-face prognathic patient who had the wish to be morphed to Michael Jackson or at least as far as current technique and his endogenic features allowed.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie maxillofaciale, hôpital général Saint-Jean, Ruddershove 10, 8000 Bruges, Belgique.
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Mommaerts
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Abeloos
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gropp
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D002356:Cartilage; D005612:Freeze Drying; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012272:Ribs; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D019737:Transplants