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Short-Term Stability After Segmental Le Fort I Maxillary Impaction Surgery With Mandibular Autorotation in Seven
Namiaki Takahara1, Nobuyoshi Tomomatsu, Diana Hsieh
1Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and University, Tokyo, Japan.
Purpose:
To retrospectively evaluate skeletal stability after Le Fort I maxillary impaction surgery and mandibular autorotation without bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO) in high-angle class II patients.
Materials And Methods:
Seven female high-angle class II patients who underwent maxillary impaction surgery and mandibular autorotation without bilateral sagittal split osteotomy were included in this study. Surgical changes and relapse were measured on lateral cephalograms taken preoperatively and at 1 month, 6 months and 1 year postoperatively.
Results:
The horizontal movement of the maxilla at point A was 5.8 ± 3.3 mm backward, and the upward movement at the posterior nasal spine was 3.3 ± 1.4 mm. The mean horizontal change at point A during the 1-year follow-up period was 0.1 ± 0.2 mm, and the vertical change at posterior nasal spine was 0.2 ± 1.3 mm, which were not statistically significant. The horizontal surgical change at point B was 4.0 ± 1.8 mm forward and the vertical surgical change at point B was 4.7 ± 1.8 mm upward. Postoperative relapse was 10.9% and 13.7% in the horizontal and vertical directions, respectively.
Conclusions:
Le Fort I maxillary impaction surgery with mandibular autorotation may be 1 of the suitable procedures for high-angle class II patients.
