Limited or Le fort I down fracture access for widespread osteomyelitis of maxilla.
- Author:
Taek Su GO
1
;
Won LEE
;
In Soo KIM
;
Hyun Suk CHA
;
Hyung Uck HAN
;
Woon Kyung SEO
;
Su Hyun PARK
;
Kyoung In YUN
Author Information
1. Div. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Dentistry, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea. omskim@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Osteomyelitis;
Maxilla
- MeSH:
Maxilla*;
Osteomyelitis*;
Prosthodontics
- From:Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
2005;31(5):436-439
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To compare the case of widespread maxillary osteomyelitis treated through different approach. METHOD: We report the two case of osteomyelitis. In a case, we had gradually removed the small amount of sequestrum for several times. In the other case, intended Le Fort I fracture was done to approach the lesion. RESULT: In the gradual sequestrectomy case, bone formations were found after 4 months. In the other case, after intended Le Fort I down fracture, sequestrectomy of Lt. maxilla was done with the labiobuccal alveolar bone preserved for the prosthodontic treatment.
