Le fort i osteotomy approach to the skull base
Authors:
- Roger A. LowlichtRLRoger A. Lowlicht
- Marco MoralesMMMarco Morales
- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The Laryngoscope
- Vol. 100 (10) , 1073-1076
Abstract
Horizontal osteotomy allows the surgeon to safely down‐fracture the maxilla for wide exposure of the central skull base. This surgical approach is easily extended posteriorly in the midline to include the clivus and the arch of C1, providing 8 cm of horizontal anterior exposure and 5 cm of posterior. Wide operative exposure and a low rate of complications afford superior functional and cosmetic preservation in removing tumors of the central cranial base.Keywords
This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
- Aseptic necrosis following maxillary osteotomies: Report of 36 casesJournal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1990
- Surgical management of midline skull-base tumors: a new approachJournal of Neurosurgery, 1989
- The Le Fort I Osteotomy Approach for Nasopharyngeal and Nasal Fossa TumorsJAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 1988
- Basilar aneurysms: a new transclival approach via maxillotomyJournal of Neurosurgery, 1987
- The history of the “Le Fort I osteotomy”Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery, 1986
- Management of postoperative hemorrhage following the Le Fort I maxillary osteotomyJournal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1984
- Vascular considerations in orthognathic surgeryOral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, 1984
- The Transcochlear Approach to the Skull BaseJAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 1976
- TREATMENT OF MALUNION FRACTURES OF FACIAL BONESPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1951