title: Distraction osteogenesis.
abstract: James Sidman, MD, and Sherard A. Tatum, MD, address the following questions for discussion and debate. Is neonatal distraction osteogenesis (DO) better than lip-tongue adhesion or tracheotomy for micrognathic airway compromise? What role does DO have in adult orthognathic surgery situations? In monobloc and Le Fort III procedures, are internal or external devices preferable? What role does DO play in craniofacial microsomia? Is endoscopic DO better than open procedures for synostosis management? How has your technique changed or evolved over the past 5 years and what has doing this technique taught you?
authors.affiliation: ENT and Facial Plastic Surgery, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Medical School, 2530 Chicago Avenue S, Suite 450, Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA. Electronic address: sidma001@umn.edu.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sidman
authors.forename: Sherard Austin
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Tatum
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003394:Craniofacial Dysostosis / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy; D006053:Goldenhar Syndrome / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008440:Maxillary Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D008844:Micrognathism / Q000601:surgery; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D019340:Osteotomy, Le Fort / Q000379:methods
keywords: Craniofacial surgery; Distraction osseogenesis; Distraction osteogenesis; Facial skeletal surgery; Maxillofacial surgery; Orthognathic surgery