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SURGICALLY ASSISTED RAPID MAXILLARY EXPANSION: RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF COMPLICATIONS 2012-2017
A Drobyshev1, I Klipa1, N Drobysheva1
1Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A.I. Yevdokimov» of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation.
Abstract:
Surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME) is a common technique developed to treat skeletally mature patients with transverse maxillary deficiency. Although SARME is supposed to be a relatively safe procedure, it is not completely free of complications. The purpose of this study was to reveal the most typical postoperative SARME complications. Retrospective evaluation of the clinical cases of 665 patients (247 males and 418 females, mean age 25,3 years) with the diagnosis of maxillary transverse deficiency, who underwent SARME in period between 2012 and 2017 at the Clinical Center of Maxillofacial, Plastic Surgery and Dentistry, Moscow. According to the results of the research, the most typical complications of SARME are paresthesia of the infraorbital nerve branches and nasopalatine nerve (198/665), distraction device dislocation (61/665), inflammation in the distraction device area (57/665), insufficient expansion of the maxilla (42/665), asymmetric expansion (27/665). The number of complications revealed indicates that SARME is an operation associated with the risks of postoperative complications. Careful treatment planning, following the operation protocol and performing the minimally invasive access can help to avoid the majority of complications.
