Journal Reviews

Bone thickness and split pattern in mandibular osteotomies

9 June 2020 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | bilateral sagittal split osteotomy, computed tomography, maxillofacial surgery, orthognathic surgery

This paper looked at 63 sagittal split ramus osteotomy sites. The type of split was classified according to the Plooij paper and bone measurements were taken at four sites. Of these sites, the thickness of the bone in one point,...

Bad splits

1 December 2016 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | age, bad split, bilateral sagittal split osteotomy, intraoperative complications, mandibular fracture, orthognathic surgery, risk factors, sagittal ramus osteotomy, surgical technique, third molar

This is a meta-analysis of reported risk factors of a ‘bad split’ in a sagittal split mandibular osteotomy. They identified 30 observational articles and therefore acknowledged it is based on low quality studies. It is compounded by the definition of...