Kudva Adarsh, Suryanarayan Ramya K, Menon Girish, Varshney Surbhi
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka India.
Department of Neurosurgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka India.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Feb;76(1):1476-1477. doi: 10.1007/s12070-023-04292-1. Epub 2023 Oct 24.
The traditional Le Fort level 1 osteotomy has proven to be an effective in approaching central skull base lesions. The challenge being - stabilization of the down-fractured maxilla in an amenable position for tumour resection. The authors describe a simple technique to overcome the task of stabilizing the down-fractured maxilla.