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Our patient is a 20 year old boy with severe maxillary hypoplasia with a history of bilateral cleft lip and palate. We performed a maxillary advancement with distraction osteogenesis.
Nikhil Kamath, BS
Aaron Smith, MD
Michael S. Golinko, MD
Kumar Patel, PA-C
Le Fort I Osteotomy with Distractor
The patient was laid supine after successful nasal endotracheal intubation. Maxillary exposure was gained through mucosal incision from 1st premolar to 1st premolar. A 5mm gingivobuccal cuff is maintained. The maxilla is degloved with a number 9 periosteal elevator. Care is taken to identify infraorbital nerve on each side.The mucosa is lifted from the periform appature using a Penfield 1. The posterior foot plate is fitted bilaterally prior to osteotomy. This distractor body is parallel and confirmed to both be in an appropriate vector. The maxilla is marked for osteotomy. Reciprocating saw is used lateral to medial taking extra caution over the thin walled maxillary sinus. Olive osteotome is used to separate mucosa from the posterior palate. Kowamoto osteotome is used at pterygomaxiallary junction. Ribbon Osteotome is used to complete posterior wall osteotomies and complete the maxilla down fracture. Once the maxilla is confirmed to be completely free, fixation of anterior and posterior foot plates is finalized. The distractor bodies are turned to begin distraction osteogenesis. The gingovobuccal incision is closed with running 3-0 chromic suture. The patient was extubated in good condition
Severe maxillary hypoplasia (>10mm of advancement required)
No absolute contraindications, but conventional fixed advancement remains the standard of care in patients of skeletal maturity with mild to moderate maxillary hypoplasia.
#9 Periosteal Elevators
-Reciprocating saw
-Penfield 1
-Various osteotomes
-Orthodontic preparation
-Low dose craniofacial CT scan with 3D reconstruction
-Virtual surgical planning
-Sterolithic skull model used to modify distractor footplates
Infraorbital nerve, infraorbital foramen, maxillary sinus, zygomatic process, anterior nasal spine, alveolar process, palentine process, periform aperture
-Infection/bleeding
-Horizontal relapse (risk highest within 6 months of consolidation)
-Decreased ANB angle in patients who have not reached skeletal maturity
-Negative effect on velopharyngeal competence
None
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4219915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14704578
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