Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: The PubMed, Cochrane, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL, and CINAHL databases were searched systematically for studies performed between 2002 and 2008. Abstracts from the 89 relevant articles were reviewed for evidence. RESULTS: Thirteen articles met the inclusion criteria. Data were tabulated with respect to the length of follow-up, number of patients, age group, Pruzansky-Kaban classification of the patients, methods of analysis and validation, and level of evidence. Methods for long-term follow-up studies were not standardized, and no objective studies have been published on stability after growth cessation. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Krisztián Nagy, Anne Marie Kuijpers-Jagtman, Maurice Y Mommaerts |
Journal | Plastic and reconstructive surgery
(Plast Reconstr Surg)
Vol. 124
Issue 6
Pg. 2061-2071
(Dec 2009)
ISSN: 1529-4242 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 19952663
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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Topics |
- Child, Preschool
- Facial Asymmetry
(congenital, diagnosis, surgery)
- Facial Bones
(abnormalities, surgery)
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Mandible
(abnormalities, surgery)
- Osteogenesis, Distraction
(adverse effects, methods)
- Prospective Studies
- Plastic Surgery Procedures
(adverse effects, methods)
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Assessment
- Time Factors
- Treatment Outcome
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