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Micrognathia with temporomandibular joint ankylosis and obstructive sleep apnea treated with mandibular distraction osteogenesis using skeletal anchorage: a case report

BACKGROUND: We describe the case of a 16-year-old female patient with micrognathia, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis, and obstructive sleep apnea, who was treated with mandibular distraction osteogenesis (DO) combined with sliding genioplasty, using skeletal anchorage. CASE PRESENTATION: We f...

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Autores principales: Tomonari, Hiroshi, Takada, Hiroko, Hamada, Tomofumi, Kwon, Sangho, Sugiura, Tsuyoshi, Miyawaki, Shouichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5681793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29126455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13005-017-0150-4