title: Mandibular elongation by automatic distraction osteogenesis: the first application in humans.
abstract: We report the case of a 65-year-old man who was the first person to have the right ramus of his mandible lengthened by 20mm by automatic continuous distraction osteogenesis. The device consists of two units: a component that is implanted into the bone, and an external component that is distant from the surgical site and mounted on a battery-driven portable syringe driver or infusion pump. A non-compressible drive cable connects the two.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, Glasgow University and the Regional Maxillofacial Unit at Southern General Hospital, 378 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JZ, UK. a.ayoub@dental.gla.ac.uk
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Ayoub
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Barbenel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*