LIP-NASAL AESTHETICS FOLLOWING LE FORT-I OSTEOTOMY
LIP-NASAL AESTHETICS FOLLOWING LE FORT-I OSTEOTOMY
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DOI:
10.1097/00006534-198802000-00005
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发表时间:
1988-02-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
ROSEN, HM
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作者:
ROSEN, HM
I commend Dr. Rosen highly for his efforts to quantify the soft-tissue changes associated with his Le Fort I patients, moving the maxilla superiorly and/or anteriorly. However, I feel that there are some problems with the methodology of this project. The average follow-up was 9.8 months, with a minimum of 6 months. In my experience, it frequently takes at least 12 months before all residual edema has dissipated and complete animation of the upper lip has returned. Evaluation prior to 12 months may cause minor discrepancies in the evaluation of soft-tissue changes. Some of the patients in this study may still have had orthodontic appliances on their teeth for the postoperative cephalograms, which also may cause minor discrepancies in the determination of anteroposterior soft-tissue changes. The statistical analyses are appropriate for this study and were used correctly. However, the parameters evaluated in some areas were erroneous. Measurements were made either parallel or perpendicular to the sella-nasion plane. A more appropriate plane of reference is the Frankfort horizontal plane, which more commonly co-incides with a well-balanced facial structure in a natural head position. There is a 7 degree difference, on average, between these two reference lines, and this can create discrepancies with regard to measurements used in this study. One significant problem with this study is that in the group of 30 patients evaluated for maxillary advancement, only 13 had straightforward maxillary advancements. Twelve patients had superior repositioning as well as advancement, and 5 had inferior repositioning as well as advancement. These three different surgical procedures have different effects on soft-tissue changes of