Improvement of vision after a combined midfacial and maxillary distraction with a rigid external distraction device.
We report a rare case of visual improvement in a 19-year-old patient with Apert syndrome after segmental distraction with a rigid external distraction device. We used the Rigid External Distraction Device II System (R.E.D. II, KLS Martin) after Le Fort I and III osteotomies.
Tañag
Marvin A
MA
Department of Plastic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 C11 Yamadaoka, Suita-shi, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. dr_marvin_tanag@yahoo.com
Takagi
Satoshi
S
Takashima
Mariko
M
Nakai
Kunihiro
K
Sakai
Yasuo
Y
Yano
Kenji
K
Takada
Kenji
K
Hosokawa
Ko
K
D000168:Acrocephalosyndactylia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014792:Visual Acuity