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Surgical treatment of jaw deformations in adult patients with clefts. 1994

J Kozák, and P Voska

Charles University, 2nd Medical School, University Hospital in Motol, Prague, Czech Republic.

The authors report their long-term experience with the surgical treatment of malformations of the jaws and of the face associated with clefts in adults. They carried out 172 maxillary surgeries, 65 mandibular operations and 20 bimaxillary surgical procedures. In recent years they performed almost exclusively operations on the upper jaws. The applied surgical procedure allows the repair of malformations of the whole face, and the team of surgeons is not concerned solely with the impaired relations between both jaws.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007569	Jaw Abnormalities	Congenital absence of or defects in structures of the jaw.	Abnormalities, Jaw,Abnormality, Jaw,Jaw Abnormality
D008297	Male		Males
D002971	Cleft Lip	Congenital defect in the upper lip where the maxillary prominence fails to merge with the merged medial nasal prominences. It is thought to be caused by faulty migration of the mesoderm in the head region.	Harelip,Cleft Lips,Harelips,Lip, Cleft,Lips, Cleft
D002972	Cleft Palate	Congenital fissure of the soft and/or hard palate, due to faulty fusion.	Cleft Palate, Isolated,Cleft Palates,Palate, Cleft,Palates, Cleft
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000015	Abnormalities, Multiple	Congenital abnormalities that affect more than one organ or body structure.	Multiple Abnormalities
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults