Agrawal K, Chandra S S, Sreekumar N S
Department of Plastic Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
Ann Plast Surg. 1993 Feb;30(2):163-6. doi: 10.1097/00000637-199302000-00012.
Congenital fusion of maxillary and mandibular alveolar margins is extremely rare. Bony fusion between the jaws is still more uncommon. Only eight patients with bony fusion have been described in the literature to date, of whom only three had bilateral bony fusion. We present here a patient with very extensive bilateral bony fusion of the jaws, who underwent surgery with excellent immediate postoperative results. Details of the surgical management of this rare and difficult problem in a neonate with poor general condition are described.
上颌和下颌牙槽缘先天性融合极为罕见。颌骨间的骨性融合更为少见。迄今为止，文献中仅报道过8例骨性融合患者，其中仅有3例为双侧骨性融合。我们在此报告1例颌骨双侧广泛骨性融合的患者，其接受手术后即刻取得了良好效果。本文描述了对一名全身状况较差的新生儿的这一罕见且棘手问题的手术处理细节。
