Patient with facial asymmetry The patient is a 30-year-old male from Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, India. Growth of his facial bones was normal until he became a teenager. It was around that time that the right side of his lower face began to develop an asymmetry. This slowly but gradually worsened to the point where he...
Read moreMandibular Distraction for Facial Asymmetry SurgeryPatient struggling with facial asymmetry deformity The patient is a 16-year-old male from Secunderabad in Telangana, India. His parents state that he had been born with a deformity of the mouth with a right lateral facial cleft. This is commonly known as macrostomia. He had undergone surgery for correction of his microstomia during his childhood....
Read moreFacial Asymmetry Surgery for Hemifacial Microsomia with Mandibular DistractionPatient with a severely prognathic mandible The patient is a 20-year-old female from Kottayam in Kerala, India who has a disproportionately large lower jaw. This problem manifested at an early age in the patient. She said that she has always had a very long lower jaw, which had gradually worsened with time. Her parents had...
Read moreFacial Asymmetry Surgery with Bilateral Sagittal Split OsteotomyYoung 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 distractionOccurrence 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 inability to open mouth following depressed zygoma fracture The patient is a middle-aged man from Hassan, Karnataka. He suffered a comminuted zygoma fracture from a road accident. Improper reduction elsewhere had left him with a depressed zygoma and trismus. The depressed zygoma led to facial asymmetry and impingement of the coronoid process. This...
Read moreRTA, Coronoid Zygoma Malunion, Trismus Corrective SurgeryPatient with failed surgery elsewhere presents for correction The patient is a young woman with failed condylar hyperplasia surgery performed elsewhere. She presented to our hospital for correctional surgery. Dr SM Balaji examined the patient and ordered detailed studies for the patient. Rib graft and buccal fat pad graft obtained from the patient Under general...
Read moreFacial asymmetry correction- condylar hyperplasia already operated but failed, maxillary shortening, buccal fat pad transfer, malar and mandibular body augmentation surgeryThis is a 33-year-old male patient from Siliguri. He met with an accident about three months ago. He underwent emergent treatment at a nearby local hospital. He realized that the accident had left him with a left sided double vision. He underwent three surgeries for his double vision, but this persisted. A depressed fracture of...
Read moreSuccessful correction of left side facial asymmetry due to RTAPatient with masseter hypertrophy and excess lateral mandibular angle bone The patient is a young girl from Rajasthan. She began noticing the development of an asymmetry in her face at around 14 years of age. The right side angle of the mandible region was becoming bulkier as time went by. It reached the point where...
Read moreAsymmetry correction with angle of mandible reduction and masseter debulking surgeryA 23-year-old girl reported to our hospital seeking to correct her protruding and deviated lower jaw. She was discontent with her facial appearance and mentioned about her inability to chew food. After thorough clinical and radiological examination, Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S. M. Balaji planned to correct her bite both orthodontically and surgically. Presurgical orthodontic treatment...
Read moreSuccessful correction of long and deviated lower jaw – facial asymmetry without any scars
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