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Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery Volume 41, 2007 - Issue 5
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CASE REPORT

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]
, MD,
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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Pages 259-263 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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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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