[Modified technique for correction of the orbital hypertelorism].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the possibility of para-orbital soft-tissue expansion, before orbital osteotomy and medial translocation procedures with a combined intracranial-extracranial approach.


METHODS
Tissue expansion in the region of the zygomatic and temporal has been undergone for 3 weeks before the traditional intracranial-extracranial approach for orbital osteotomy and medial translocation in two patients. The healing between the orbital bone was studied with measurement of interorbital distance and three-dimensional CT.


RESULTS
The inter-orbital distance of the two patients decreased from 4.4 cm and 3.2 cm to 2.0 cm and 1.4 cm. The intercanthal distance decreased from 6.7 cm and 4.8 cm to 5.0 cm and 3.8 cm.


CONCLUSIONS
The para-orbital soft-tissue expansion technique may be an effective technique for the stability of the corrected interorbital distance in orbital hypertelorism.
Liu
Da-Lei
DL
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, Southen Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, China.
Yuan
Qiang
Q
Wang
Jin-Huang
JH
Zhou
Zhi
Z
Shan
Lei
L
Wang
Ming-Li
ML
Yuan
Ji-Long
JL
D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006972:Hypertelorism / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000379:methods*