Young man with facial asymmetry The patient is a 21-year-old male from Kottayam in Kerala, India. He has had lower jaw asymmetry since his childhood. This had resulted in an asymmetrical face. There is however no history of any trauma or accidents to his jaw. This has been slowly becoming progressively worse throughout his growing...
Read moreFacial Asymmetry Correction with distractionPatient with jaw swelling diagnosed as ameloblastoma The patient is a 35-year-old male from a rural district in Andhra Pradesh, India. He had developed a painful swelling in his lower jaw around 12-14 months ago. Alarmed over this, he had presented at a local oral surgical hospital where imaging studies followed by a biopsy had...
Read moreReconstruction of the lower jaw – old plate replaced with new plate and rib graft for ameloblastomaPatient returns for alveolar cleft surgery The patient is a 12-year-old female from Hubli in Karnataka, India. She was born with a left-sided cleft lip, palate and alveolus defect. A cleft lip defect usually involves the lip and nose. Postsurgical scar formation usually involves the philtral column. The patient and her parents had been referred...
Read moreMaxillary Cleft Surgery with Rib GraftPatient born with unilateral cleft lip and palate The patient is a 25-year-old female from Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu, India. She was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. Doctors at that hospital had explained the condition in detail to her parents. They were counseled that surgical correction needed to be done at the...
Read moreCleft Rhinoplasty with Lip Augmentation SurgeryPatient born with unilateral cleft lip and palate The patient is a 25-year-old female from Ongole in Andhra Pradesh, India. She was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. Her parents had been advised that she needed to undergo cleft lip repair at 3 months and cleft palate surgery at 8 months of age....
Read moreCleft Rhinoplasty with dental implantCongenital deformity of the ear Deformities of the ear are classified under microtia. The various grades of microtia manifest from the mildest to the most severe. Anotia or absence of an external ear is the most severe form. A Stahl ear is one where there is deformity of the cartilage of the ear. Rib cartilage...
Read moreMicrotia Correction, Repositioning the Lobule SurgeryOccurrence of facial asymmetry is very common No human face is truly symmetric. A mild degree of facial asymmetry is always present, but not easily spotted by the naked eye. Only when this asymmetry is easily noticeable does it require surgical correction. Distraction devices are commonly employed in the correction of facial asymmetry. The distraction...
Read moreFacial Asymmetry Correction by distraction of reconstructed bone along with Plate removal SurgeryPatient with a disproportionately small lower jaw The patient is a 21-year-old male from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, India. His lower jaw has been very small ever since he can remember. He said that he has always had trouble with speech and eating. Snoring has also been a chronic problem for him. He stated that...
Read moreMicrognathia (Lower Jaw Hypoplasia) Bilateral Sagittal Split OsteotomyPatient born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate The patient is a 14-year-old boy from Vadodara in Gujarat, India who was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. This is amongst the most common birth defects. Children born with these deformities need to be operated early. He had undergone cleft lip surgery at...
Read moreRevision rhinoplasty – Recreating the External Nares Opening SurgeryPatient with gradually worsening facial asymmetry The patient is an 8-year-old boy from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, India. His parents had begun noticing a developing facial asymmetry as he grew up. It has now reached the point where it is very visible and this has greatly distressed his parents. The patient too has been facing...
Read moreHemifacial Microsomia – Reconstruction of Ramus and Condyle by costochondral Graft
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