title: Interdisciplinary rehabilitation of a patient with Opitz C-syndrome and extensive craniofacial malformation.
abstract: A 24-year-old patient with C-syndrome and multiple congenital deformities was followed-up for his complete lifetime. The patient received extensive interdisciplinary rehabilitation of his complex somatic and craniofacial malformation. This article intends to show from the clinical point of view, how such patients can have profit from broad arrangements in specific periods of life, how far the rehabilitation can go in cases of good patients and parental compliance and how important an interdisciplinary cooperation is.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral, Maxillofacial and Plastic Facial surgery, University Medical Centre Frankfurt/Main, Germany. a.ballon@web.de
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ballon
authors.forename: Constantin A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Landes
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sader
authors.forename: Adorján F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Kovács
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000534:rehabilitation; D000328:Adult; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D056948:Orthognathic Surgical Procedures; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery; D013070:Speech Therapy; D013577:Syndrome