TY - JOUR
T1 - Le Fort III rigid external distraction complicated by intracranial movement of halo fixation pins
AU - Breugem, Corstiaan C.
AU - Bush, Kevin
AU - Fitzpatrick, Donald F.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Midface hypoplasia in a 5-year-old boy with Crouzon syndrome was treated using a rigid external distraction device. Seven months prior to this surgery, a bone allograft was used during frontal-orbital bar advancement. Three weeks after the Le Fort III distraction a depression fracture was diagnosed, associated with an intracerebral screw penetration of 3.5 cm. This case report cautions against the use of distraction osteogenesis in patients when previous allografts were used for calvarial reconstruction. We suggest that a pre-operative computed tomography scan is mandatory to accurately delineate the location for placement of the pins.
AB - Midface hypoplasia in a 5-year-old boy with Crouzon syndrome was treated using a rigid external distraction device. Seven months prior to this surgery, a bone allograft was used during frontal-orbital bar advancement. Three weeks after the Le Fort III distraction a depression fracture was diagnosed, associated with an intracerebral screw penetration of 3.5 cm. This case report cautions against the use of distraction osteogenesis in patients when previous allografts were used for calvarial reconstruction. We suggest that a pre-operative computed tomography scan is mandatory to accurately delineate the location for placement of the pins.
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18452360
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1597/07-021.1
DO - https://doi.org/10.1597/07-021.1
M3 - Article
C2 - 18452360
SN - 1055-6656
VL - 45
SP - 332
EP - 336
JO - Cleft palate-craniofacial journal
JF - Cleft palate-craniofacial journal
IS - 3
ER -