title: Le Fort I osteotomy under navigational guidance for posterior repositioning of the maxilla.
abstract: Because navigational guidance can localize the operative site 3-dimensionally during maxillofacial surgery and provide precision, reliability, and safety for surgeons, we report Le Fort I osteotomy under navigational guidance for posterior repositioning of the maxilla.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. iwai104oams@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwai
authors.forename: Yoshiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Omura
authors.forename: Iwai
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tohnai
mesh_terms: D003475:Curettage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017090:Occlusal Splints; D019340:Osteotomy, Le Fort; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*