Le Fort osteotomy
MeSHD019340

A Le Fort osteotomy is the name for three types of osteotomies of the jaw and face. They are based on[1] the analogous bone fractures described by the French surgeon and physician René Le Fort.[2]

Type I

The Le Fort I osteotomy advances the jaw in case of malocclusion and maxillomandibular deformities.[1]

Type II

The Le Fort II osteotomy treats maxillary fractures.[3]

Type III

The Le Fort III osteotomy treats midfacial abnormalities and deficiencies.[4]

Additional types

"Le Fort IV" has been used to describe a monobloc frontofacial osteotomy in 2000s French literature, but the use is heavily disputed.[5] In 2014, the same term was used by a Japanese group to describe a "monobloc minus Le Fort I" osteotomy.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Buchanan EP, Hyman CH (August 2013). "LeFort I Osteotomy". Seminars in Plastic Surgery. 27 (3): 149–54. doi:10.1055/s-0033-1357112. PMC 3805729. PMID 24872761. The LeFort I osteotomy is named after the fracture pattern originally described by Rene LeFort in 1901 that extends from the nasal septum, along the tooth apices, and through the pterygomaxillary junction.
  2. ↑ Patterson R (April 1991). "The Le Fort fractures: René Le Fort and his work in anatomical pathology". Canadian Journal of Surgery. 34 (2): 183–4. PMID 2025808.
  3. ↑ Lakin GE, Kawamoto HK (November 2012). "Le Fort II osteotomy". The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 23 (7 Suppl 1): 1964–7. doi:10.1097/SCS.0b013e31825b351d. PMID 23154355. S2CID 22115386.
  4. ↑ Tiwana PS, Turvey TA (November 2004). "Subcranial procedures in craniofacial surgery: the Le Fort III osteotomy". Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America. 16 (4): 493–501. doi:10.1016/j.coms.2004.08.001. PMID 18088750.
  5. ↑ LAURENT, Elodie (2013). CRANIOSTENOSE: ETUDE D'UN CAS FAMILIAL - PRISE EN CHARGE ODONTOLOGIQUE ET MAXILLO- FACIALE (PDF).
  6. ↑ Sakamoto, Y; Nakajima, H; Tamada, I; Sakamoto, T (April 2014). "Le Fort IV + I distraction osteogenesis using an internal device for syndromic craniosynostosis". Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 72 (4): 788–95. doi:10.1016/j.joms.2013.09.041. PMID 24280175.
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