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  • Title: Use positional screws for Le Fort I osteotomy fixation: technical note.
    Author: Avelar RL, de Souza MSM, Soares ECS, Tavares RN.
    Journal: Oral Maxillofac Surg; 2017 Sep; 21(3):347-349. PubMed ID: 28462475.
    Abstract:
    In recent years, several studies related to fixation systems have been published, but few suggest any variations of the Le Fort I osteotomy technique, and the use of plates and screws placed along the canine and zygomatic pillar are common. The 20-year-old patient with Crouzon syndrome presented with severe hypoplasia of the maxillary, mandibular prognathism, and class III facial pattern. The patient underwent orthognathic surgery and high Le Fort I osteotomy with the fixation of eight positional screws. The aim of this paper is to describe a different technique for the fixation in high maxillary osteotomies, which can be used in specific cases.
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