title: Atypical Apert syndrome: sequential and segmental distraction osteogenesis of the skull, midface, and mandible.
abstract: We describe a boy with Apert syndrome, including cranial deformities and syndactyly (acrocephalosyndactyly), though intracranial hypertension, exophthalmos, and midfacial hypoplasia were mild. We treated him by mandibular distraction, in addition to fronto-orbital distraction, and Le Fort III midfacial distraction, with good results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan. nmitsu@air.linkclub.or.jp
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mitsukawa
authors.forename: Kaneshige
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morishita
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosaka
mesh_terms: D000168:Acrocephalosyndactylia / Q000601:surgery*; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000379:methods*; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery