A CASE REPORT OF SURGICAL CORRECTION OF MIDFACIAL DEFICIENCE BY SUBCRANIAL LE FORT III OSTEOTOMY

두개하 Le Fort III 골절단술에 의한 중안면 발육부전 환자의 치험례

The midfacial deficiency is usually accompanied with congenital craniofacial synostosis, such as Crouzon, Apert, Pfeiffer, Carpenter, Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, and so on. But sometimes isolated midfacial deficiency without cranial malformations may appeared, the cause of which is congenital, hereditary, or secondary to developmental factors, such as infection and trauma to middle face. Since Sir Harold Gillies reposted the first high maxillary osteotomy that alleviated the problems of total midfacial deficiency, the various operative methods were developed by many clinicians, such as Longacre and Tessier. These procedures can enlarge the orbital volume and decreases exorbitism. As middle face was moved forward, these functional, esthetic, and psychologic advantages were resulted from this. This is a case of midfacial deficiency corrected by the subcranial Le Fort Ⅲ osteotomy through only coronal approach.

저자등은 중안면 발육부전으로 인한 심미적 및 기능적 장애를 주소로 경희대학교 치과대학 구강악안면외과에 내원한 23세 남자에 대해 관상절개술만을 통하여 두개하 Le Fort III 골절단술을 시행하여 중안면부의 심미성을 증진시키고 안구돌출증의 해소 및 반대교합의 개선등 양호한 결과를 얻었기에 이에 대한 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.