Pereda J C, Varela M, Martínez-Pérez D
Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.
Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2000 Nov;118(5):572-7. doi: 10.1067/mod.2000.110008.
A rehabilitation device was designed and used before a reconstructive orthognathic procedure in an adult patient with a severe facial asymmetry. The asymmetry developed as a result of a left hemimandibulectomy in childhood. With this prototype device, the remaining hemimandible was gradually brought into its natural position and dynamics in order to accommodate a graft. The goals were to improve esthetics and function, reduce the chance of the remaining hemimandible not adapting to the graft, and reduce the risk of secondary TMJ pathosis after the mandibular reconstruction.
为一名患有严重面部不对称的成年患者设计并在正颌重建手术前使用了一种康复装置。这种不对称是由于患者童年时期的左半侧下颌骨切除术导致的。使用这个原型装置，剩余的半侧下颌骨被逐渐恢复到其自然位置和动态，以适应植入物。目标是改善美观和功能，降低剩余半侧下颌骨不适应植入物的几率，并降低下颌骨重建后颞下颌关节继发病变的风险。
