title: Improvement of vision after a combined midfacial and maxillary distraction with a rigid external distraction device.
abstract: 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.
authors: 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
authors: Marvin A
authors: MA
authors: Tañag
authors: Satoshi
authors: S
authors: Takagi
authors: Mariko
authors: M
authors: Takashima
authors: Kunihiro
authors: K
authors: Nakai
authors: Yasuo
authors: Y
authors: Sakai
authors: Kenji
authors: K
authors: Yano
authors: Kenji
authors: K
authors: Takada
authors: Ko
authors: K
authors: Hosokawa
mesh_terms: 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