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Review Article| Volume 30, ISSUE 1, P85-99, March 2022

Craniofacial Syndromes

The Le Fort III Osteotomy for Correction of Severe Midface Hypoplasia
  • Daniel Schlieder
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author.
    Affiliations
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, TX

    Craniofacial Anomaly Team, Wilford Hall Surgery Center, Lackland AFB TX
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  • Michael R. Markiewicz
    Affiliations
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, 112 Squire Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA

    Department of Neurosurgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY

    Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Craniofacial Center of Western New York, John Oishei Children's Hospital, Buffalo, NY

    Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY
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      Severe subtotal midface hypoplasia is commonly seen in patients with syndromic craniosynostosis and orofacial clefting (eg, Crouzon syndrome).

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