• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.246-250
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• 2004

Uni- or bilateral mandibular hypoplasia can be associated with various syndromes or is acquired after early traumatic or inflammatory disease in the temporomandibular joint(TMJ). Early treatment is necessary to avoid consequent impairment of midfacial growth. The standard treatment of these malformations consists of the application of bone grafts which can lead to unpredictable growth, but the new procedure of bone lengthening which was presented by McCarthy et al. represents a limited surgical intervention and therefore open up a new perspective of treatment, especially in younger children with severe deformities. Patients with hemifacial microsomia and facial asymmetry have a vertically short maxilla, a tilted occlusal plane, and a short mandible. A 14-years-old boy with facial asymmetry, who was fractured on both condyle and mandibular symphysis before 8 years ago, was treated by mandibular ramus lengthening, symphysial widening and surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion with corticotomy. After allowing 1 week for the healing of the periosteum, the distraction was performed at the rate of 0.5-1.0mm per day for 7 days on maxilla and 14 days on mandible. The device was maintained on maxilla and mandible for 12 weeks following distraction. The difference in ramus and mandibular transverse deficiency were corrected and facial asymmetry was improved with complex distraction osteogenesis.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.584-588
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• 2008

Facial asymmetry is particularly associated with mandible among other facial bones and it could be either congenital or acquired. Congenital factors are related to Treacher Collin syndrome, Pierre Robin syndrome, hemifacial microsomia and other various syndromes. Acquired factors are such as damaged or diseased growing condyles, hormonal disorder, oral mal-habit, muscular force, tumor, infection and so on. Diagnosis and treatment of facial asymmetry are complicated due to differences in sizes and positions of mandibles. The aspects of facial asymmetry is various and complicated upon each individual. Depending on causes of the facial asymmetry, there also are morphological differences. For such reasons, precise anatomical analysis and diagnosis of the facial asymmetry are essential before any surgical procedure followed by the appropriate treatment plan. This case is regarding a 21-year old patient diagnosed as the facial asymmetry due to an infantile maxillofacial surgery. Employing various morphological evaluations, potential problems during the procedure are predicted beforehand. This case reports a favorable result of sagittal split ramus osteotomy performing the oblique vertical bone cutting in posterior-superior of the mandibular second molar.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.547-554
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• 2005

Orthognathic surgery for Class III malocclusion requires an elaborate preoperative planning using cephalometries or Mock surgery models which enable the surgeon to anticipate postoperative skeletal changes of maxilla and mandible as well as dentition. After surgery, patient's satisfaction is greatly influenced by appearance of soft tissue change. Therefore, it is imperative to predict a relatively accurate soft tissue change prior to surgery. A 5 year retrospective study was designed to evaluate the soft tissue change after sagittal split osteotomy of ramus(SSRO) for class III malocclusion. Analyses of preoperative and postoperative anthropometric measurements were performed. Patients who were treated only by SSRO for class III malocclusion and could follow up for 6 months were studied. Among them, the patients who had history of cleft palate and lip or hemifacial microsomia were excluded. Soft tissue changes were estimated by using the frontal and lateral photographs. Skeletal changes were observed by measuring amount of set back and angular changes of mandible to the reference line by using cephalometries. Relapses were also measured 6 months after the operation. We could observe skeletal changes were more profound than soft tissue changes concerning amount of set back, but soft tissue changes were also profound in angle. Relapse was more profound in skeleton than soft tissue but the amount was not significant. In spite of the variables which may affect proper assessment of the soft tissue change after skeletal relocation, this study can serve as a guide for exact prediction of the postoperative change of soft tissue and skeleton.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.109-113
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• 2009

Purpose: Materials for ear reconstruction are autogeneous cartilage and artificial implants. Despite their potential for donor site complications, autogeneous cartilage frameworks remain the accepted standard for external ear reconstruction. The purposes of this study were to investigate our ear reconstruction cases for 12 years. Methods: During twelve years from January 1996 to December 2008, 70 patients visited our hospital for ear reconstruction of microtia. Among them, 65 cases used autogenous cartilage frameworks, 3 cases used tissue expander and 2 cases used artificial implants. We investigated sex & age, common site, combined malformation, operation methods & their complications, donor site & their complications, anterior chest wall deformity and aesthetic evaluation. Results: Males were affected more often than females. Male to female ratio was 1.8 : 1. The common site of microtia was right ear (72%). And hemifacial microsomia was the most common associated congenital malformation. Surgical techniques included Tanzer-Ruecker method, Tissue-expander and Artificial framework ($Medpore^{(R)}$). Incidence of complication was higher with Tissue-expander & artificial framework than with Tanzer-Ruecker method. But There are few reports of using Tissue-expander & artificial framework and there was no acceptable statistical difference. And costal cartilage was harvested in ipsilateral side and anterior chest wall deformity reported only 2 cases under 10 year-old patients. Other minor complications reported such as, wound disruption and chest wall scar, but without any serious complications. Aesthetic result was evaluated by surgeons and patients for postoperative satisfaction and clinical evaluation. Conclusion: In ear reconstruction of microtia patient, delicate surgical strategy is important for natural shape and maintenance of postoperative contour. However, many methods were introduced for reconstrucion of microtia, the authors reconstructed an auricle in Tanzer-Ruecker method, Tissue-expander and Artificial famework ($Medpore^{(R)}$) for 70 patients. In our study, we generally chose Tanzer-Ruecker method and this treatment modality was satisfactory for patients and the postoperative result was acceptable for surgeons.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.321-329
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• 2001

안면 비대칭이나 반안면 왜소증등과 같은 악변형증 환자의 진단 및 치료계획을 수립함에 있어서 종합적이고도 3차원적인 접근을 하는 것이 중요하다. 최근 3차원 CT가 개발되었으나 이 경우 계측점의 정확성이 아직 확립되어 있지 않다. 최근들어 두부 위치를 보정하여 다른 시기에 촬영된 방사선 사진을 3차원적으로 비교할수 있도록 하는 방법이 소개되었다. 이러한 방법을 이용하여 얻어진 3차원 좌표값 자동적으로 계산한 후 3차원적 구조 분석 및 계측을 할 수 있는 컴퓨터 프로그램을 개발하였다. 이 프로그램은 정중면을 설정하는 개념에 입각하여 안면구조물의 변형정도를 다양한 방법으로 나타낼수 있으며 이러한 기능은 특히 안면 비대칭의 분석과 술전, 후 비대칭의 정도를 파악하는데 유용한 것으로 보인다.

• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.77-87
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• 2010

비대칭은 두개안면증후군 같은 선천적 요인과 외상과 같은 환경적 요인에 의해 발생할 수 있으며 심한 골격성 비대칭에서부터 경미한 치열 비대칭에 이르기까지 그 정도는 매우 다양하며 이에 대한 환자의 인지 또한 주관적이다. 심한 비대칭의 경우 악교정 수술이 필요할 수도 있으나 비대칭이 심하지 않고 환자가 수술을 원하지 않을 경우 교정치료 만으로 비대칭의 개선을 도모할 수 있다. 하지만 비대칭 고무줄을 사용한 통상적인 방법으로 장기간 치료하면 교합평면이 기울어지거나 치아가 경사이동이 되는 등의 부작용이 발생하여 만족스럽지 못한 결과를 초래할 수 있다. 이를 예방하기 위해 초진 시부터 주의 깊은 진단과 충분한 역학적 고려를 포함한 철저한 치료 계획이 필요하다. 이에 하악의 편위가 발생한 안면 비대칭 환자에서 수술 없이 비대칭을 악화시키지 않는 조절된 교정력을 적용하여 만족스런 비대칭 절충 치료 결과를 얻었기에 이를 보고하고자 한다.