Journal Reviews

Hierarchy of orthognathic surgical stability

21 February 2020 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | orthognathic surgery, overview of systematic reviews, recurrence, stability, systematic review

This study was designed as ‘an overview’ of secondary studies and analysed 15 articles. Two procedures were considered highly unstable, a bilateral sagittal split osteotomy for clockwise rotation of the mandible with bi-cortical screw rigid internal fixation, and posterior maxillary...

Bone grafting in orthognathic surgery

19 September 2019 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | bone grafting, orthognathic surgery, systematic review

This is a systematic review from Belgium and Saudi Arabia of 48 articles. They reviewed the complication, stability, aesthetics and healing of Le Fort I, sagittal split, chin and zygomatic osteotomies. They concluded that there was strong evidence that bone...