Osteotomy vs DO

[Deleted member 5467]

What's the difference between this

versus a normal Lefort 3 osteotomy? I know it's meant for deformed patients, but is it safer?

 

[Deleted member 399]

Osteotomies are held together by bone grafts and titanium plates, which hold the broken and rearranged bones together for fusion. DO is much more natural. You don't need plates or grafts because the gap is slowly distracted allowing new bone to generate. DO can produce greater projection than osteotomies can.

 

[Deleted member 5467]

Osteotomies are held together by bone grafts and titanium plates, which hold the broken and rearranged bones together for fusion. DO is much more natural. You don't need plates or grafts because the gap is slowly distracted allowing new bone to generate. DO can produce greater projection than osteotomies can.

Lefort 3 DO + IMDO + Genio =

 

[Bewusst]

What does the abbreviation 'DO' stand for?

 

[Greeicy]

What does the abbreviation 'DO' stand for?

Distraction osteogenesis