Prevention and correction of airway compromise in rhinoplastyFernando D Burstein
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Ann Plast Surg 61:595-600. 2008
..The use of spreader grafts, columellar graft, batten grafts, and piriform aperture widening are discussed. The author advocates incorporating these techniques to enhance nasal esthetics and function...
- Hydroxyapatite cement in craniofacial reconstruction: experience in 150 patients
Fernando D Burstein
Center for Craniofacial Disorders and the Division of Neurosurgery, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, GA, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 118:484-9. 2006
- Intralesional laser therapy treatment for hemangiomas: technical evolution
Fernando D Burstein
Center for Craniofacial Disorders, Children s Healthcare of Atlanta, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Emory University, Atlanta Georgia, USA
J Craniofac Surg 17:756-60. 2006
..The authors detail their current techniques as well as the evolution and rationale for modifying the original treatment regimen...
- Cartilage-sparing complete otoplasty technique: a 10-year experience in 100 patients
Fernando D Burstein
Center for Craniofacial Disorders, Children s Halth care of Atlanta, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30342, USA
J Craniofac Surg 14:521-5. 2003
..One hundred patients (200 ears) were treated over a 10-year period. An 8% revision rate and minimal complications were encountered...
- Surgical treatment of the nasal-maxillary complex in adolescents with cleft lip and palate
Fernando D Burstein
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Craniofac Surg 18:748-55. 2007
..This is followed by reconstruction of the internal/external nasal complex and final soft tissue reconstruction. These principles are presented along with case examples...
- Resorbable distraction of the mandible: technical evolution and clinical experience
Fernando D Burstein
Emory University Plastic Surgery Division, Center for Craniofacial Disorders, Children s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Craniofac Surg 19:637-43. 2008
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- Measurement of torque during mandibular distraction
Fernando D Burstein
Center for Craniofacial Disorders, Children s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Craniofac Surg 19:644-7. 2008
..Older patients required more torque to achieve the same distraction length as younger patients. The results of this study suggest that distraction forces are relatively modest, which may allow for greater freedom of distractor design...
- Iliac crest bone graft harvesting techniques: a comparison
F D Burstein
Center for Craniofacial Disorders, Scottish Rite Children s Medical Center, Atlanta, GA 30342, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 105:34-9. 2000
..On the basis of these findings, the bone grinder is the preferred technique for harvesting alveolar bone grafts when no structural support is required. These authors no longer use the traditional bone window open harvesting technique...
- The use of hydroxyapatite cement in secondary craniofacial reconstruction
F D Burstein
Center for Craniofacial Disorders and the Division of Neurosurgery at Scottish Rite Children s Medical Center, Atlanta, GA 30342, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 104:1270-5. 1999
..The coupling of antibiotics with this biomaterial may have applications in the treatment of osteomyelitis...
- Application of the spanning plate concept to frontal orbital advancement: techniques and clinical experience in 60 patients
Fernando Burstein
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery University of Indiana, Indianapolis, USA
J Craniofac Surg 17:241-5. 2006
..Application of these plates simplifies FOA surgery and represents a step in the evolution of plating technology...
- Outcome analysis for correction of single suture craniosynostosis using resorbable fixation
A Losken
Center for Craniofacial Disorders, Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, Georgia, USA
J Craniofac Surg 12:451-5; discussion 456-7. 2001
..Results suggest that resorbable plates and screws are as effective as titanium-based systems in the treatment of single-suture synostosis...
- Multiple suture synostosis and increased intracranial pressure following repair of single suture, nonsyndromal craniosynostosis
R J Hudgins
Department of Neurosurgery, Center for Craniofacial Disorders, Scottish Rite Children s Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Cleft Palate Craniofac J 35:167-72. 1998
..Although much less common, multiple suture closure may occur following repair of single suture, nonsyndromal craniosynostosis and we present cases that concern two such children...
- Resorbable bone distraction: current status and future directions
Fernando D Burstein
Center for Craniofacial Disorders, Children s Healthcare of Atlanta, GA 30342, USA
Clin Plast Surg 31:407-14, vi. 2004
..The authors present their experience to date in 50 patients whom have undergone distraction osteogenesis using resorbable devices...
- Mandibular distraction osteogenesis in Pierre Robin sequence: application of a new internal single-stage resorbable device
Fernando D Burstein
Center for Craniofacial Disorders, Children s Healthcare of Atlanta, and the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 115:61-7; discussion 68-9. 2005
..The final tracheostomy status in one patient will be determined after surgery for gastroesophageal reflux. There were no major complications and no structural device failures...
- Single-stage craniofacial distraction using resorbable devices
Fernando D Burstein
The Center for Craniofacial Disorders, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia 30342, USA
J Craniofac Surg 13:776-82. 2002
..Expansion distances ranged from 15 to 30 mm. Expansion took place at 1 to 2 mm/d. Latency periods ranged from 48 to 72 hours. There were no device structural failures and no major complications...
- Midface distraction to alleviate upper airway obstruction in achondroplastic dwarfs
Eric T Elwood
Division of Plastic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Cleft Palate Craniofac J 40:100-3. 2003
..Midface distraction osteogenesis is useful to alleviate upper airway obstruction from midface hypoplasia seen in achondroplasia...
- Congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis: diagnosis and treatment
Albert Losken
Emory University Division of Plastic Surgery and the Center for Craniofacial Disorders, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Hospital, GA, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 109:1506-11; discussion 1512. 2002
..It can be effectively managed by surgical enlargement of the pyriform aperture without significant recurrence or long-term morbidity...
- Predicting the risk of reoperation in metopic synostosis: a quantitative CT scan analysis
Keith T Paige
Center for Craniofacial Deformities, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Ann Plast Surg 51:167-72. 2003
..In children treated for metopic suture synostosis, a foreshortened intercanthal distance compared with the interzygomatic buttress distance was related to reoperation rate, especially in children younger than 12 months of age...
- An outcome evaluation of sphincter pharyngoplasty for the management of velopharyngeal insufficiency
Albert Losken
Division of Plastic Surgery, Emory University and Center for Craniofacial Disorders, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, GA, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 112:1755-61. 2003
..Patients with velocardiofacial syndrome, more severe preoperative hypernasal resonance, and larger velopharyngeal areas were more likely to require pharyngoplasty revision...
- Surgical correction of velopharyngeal insufficiency in children with velocardiofacial syndrome
Albert Losken
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 117:1493-8. 2006
..The purpose of this report was to evaluate and document the authors' experience with sphincter pharyngoplasty in the management of velopharyngeal insufficiency in children with velocardiofacial syndrome, and compare outcome...
- American society of maxillofacial surgeons outcome study: preoperative and postoperative neurodevelopmental findings in single-suture craniosynostosis
Steven R Cohen
University of California, San Diego, USA
Plast Reconstr Surg 114:841-7; discussion 848-9. 2004
..After surgical treatment, improvement was seen in the motor scale. It appears from this sample that neurodevelopmental abnormalities may be present in children with single-suture synostosis, and some may persist at 1 year of follow-up...
