Complications in maxillary distraction using the RED II device: a retrospective analysis of 21 patients

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 897-902

  Nout, E ^a   Wolvius, E B ^a   van Adrichem, L N A ^a   Ongkosuwito, E M ^a   van der Wal, K G H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

complications; craniofacial; halo frame; maxillary distraction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BONE NAIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DECUBITUS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLA; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; OSTEOTOMY, LE FORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33749605682     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Baum J.A., Hanley Jr. E.N., and Pullekines J. Comparison of halo complications in adults and children. Spine 14 (1989) 251-252
2. Brown R., Higuera S., Boyd V., Taylor T., and Hollier Jr. L.H. Intracranial migration of a halo pin during distraction osteogenesis for maxillary hypoplasia: case report and literature review. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 64 (2006) 130-135
3. Celli P., and Palatinsky E. Brain abscess as a complication of cranial traction. Surg Neurol 23 (1985) 594-596
4. Dormans J.P., Criscitiello A.A., Drummond D.S., and Davidson R.S. Complications in children managed with immobilization in a halo vest. J Bone Joint Surg Am 77 (1995) 1370-1373
5. Fearon J.A. The Le Fort III osteotomy: to distract or not to distract?. Plast Reconstr Surg 107 (2001) 1091-1103 discussion 1104-1106
6. Figueroa A.A., and Polley J.W. Management of severe cleft maxillary deficiency with distraction osteogenesis: procedure and results. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 115 (1999) 1-12
7. Garfin S.R., Botte M.J., Waters R.L., and Nickel V.L. Complications in the use of the halo fixation device. J Bone Joint Surg Am 68 (1986) 320-325
8. Harada K., Baba Y., Ohyama K., and Enomoto S. Maxillary distraction osteogenesis for cleft lip and palate children using an external, adjustable, rigid distraction device: a report of 2 cases. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 59 (2001) 1492-1496
9. Haug R.H., Nuveen E.J., Barber J.E., and Storoe W. An in vitro evaluation of distractors used for osteogenesis. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 86 (1998) 648-659
10. Hierl T., Klisch N., Kloppel R., and Hemprich A. Distraction osteogenesis in the treatment of severe midfacial hypoplasia. Mund Kiefer Gesichtschir 7 (2003) 7-13
11. Kessler P., Kloss F., Hirschfelder U., Neukam F.W., and Wiltfang J. Distraction osteogenesis in the midface. Indications, technique and first long-term results. Schweiz Monatsschr Zahnmed 113 (2003) 677-692
12. Krimmel M., Cornelius C.P., Roser M., Bacher M., and Reinert S. External distraction of the maxilla in patients with craniofacial dysplasia. J Craniofac Surg 12 (2001) 458-463
13. Le B.T., Eyre J.M., Wehby M.C., and Wheatley M.J. Intracranial migration of halo fixation pins: a complication of using an extraoral distraction device. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 38 (2001) 401-404
14. Mavili M.E., Vargel I., and Tuncbilek G. Stoppers in RED II distraction device: is it possible to prevent pin migration?. J Craniofac Surg 15 (2004) 377-383
15. McCarthy J.G., Schreiber J., Karp N., Thorne C.H., and Grayson B.H. Lengthening the human mandible by gradual distraction. Plast Reconstr Surg 89 (1992) 1-8 discussion 9-10
16. Mubarak S.J., Camp J.F., Vuletich W., Wenger D.R., and Garfin S.R. Halo application in the infant. J Pediatr Orthop 9 (1989) 612-614
17. Papagelopoulos P.J., Sapkas G.S., Kateros K.T., Papadakis S.A., Vlamis J.A., and Falagas M.E. Halo pin intracranial penetration and epidural abscess in a patient with a previous cranioplasty: case report and review of the literature. Spine 26 (2001) E463-E467
18. Polley J.W., and Figueroa A.A. Management of severe maxillary deficiency in childhood and adolescence through distraction osteogenesis with an external, adjustable, rigid distraction device. J Craniofac Surg 8 (1997) 181-185 (discussion 186)
19. Polley J.W., and Figueroa A.A. Rigid external distraction: its application in cleft maxillary deformities. Plast Reconstr Surg 102 (1998) 1360-1372 (discussion 1373-1364)
20. Primrose A.C., Broadfoot E., Diner P.A., Molina F., Moos K.F., and Ayoub A.F. Patients' responses to distraction osteogenesis: a multi-centre study. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 34 (2005) 238-242
21. Rieger J., Jackson I.T., Topf J.S., and Audet B. Traumatic cranial injury sustained from a fall on the rigid external distraction device. J Craniofac Surg 12 (2001) 237-241
22. Tindall G.T., Flanagan J.F., and Nashold Jr. B.S. Brain abscess and osteomyelitis following skull traction. A report of three cases. Arch Surg 79 (1959) 638-641
23. van der Meulen J., Wolvius E., van der Wal K., Prahl B., and Vaandrager M. Prevention of halo pin complications in post-cranioplasty patients. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 33 (2005) 145-149
24. Weingart D., Roser M., and Lantos P. Mid-face distraction after LeFort III osteotomy in craniofacial dysmorphism. Mund Kiefer Gesichtschir 5 (2001) 221-226
25. Wong W.B., and Haynes R.J. Osteology of the pediatric skull. Considerations of halo pin placement. Spine 19 (1994) 1451-1454