Improvement of vision after a combined midfacial and maxillary distraction with a rigid external distraction Device

Marvin A. Tañag Department of Plastic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]

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Satoshi Takagi Department of Plastic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Mariko Takashima Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan

Kunihiro Nakai Department of Plastic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Yasuo Sakai Department of Plastic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Kenji Yano Department of Plastic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Kenji Takada Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan

Ko Hosokawa Department of Plastic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

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Abstract

We report a rare case of visual improvement in a 19-year-old patient with Apert syndrome after segmental distraction with a rigid external distraction device. We used the Rigid External Distraction Device II System (R.E.D. II, KLS Martin) after Le Fort I and III osteotomies.

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