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Rafael Linard Avelar1, Maykel Sullyvan Marinho de Souza2, Eduardo Costa Studart Soares2
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Center University Unichristus, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Rafael.linard@hotmail.com.
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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