Plastic Surgery

Surgical management of maxillomandibular advancement in sleep apnea patients: Specific technical considerations Maxillomandibular advancement is an integral part of the surgical treatment of patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea. A num-ber of publications report its efficacy and have attempted to define predictive success criteria. However, few authors have shown an inter-est in the surgical specificity of this intervention and in the difficulties that can be encountered, which differ from those seen in conventional orthognathic surgery. In this article, a series of patients treated with maxillomandibular osteotomy to correct obstructive sleep apnea syn-drome (n = 17) are compared with patients who underwent surgery for the correction of dentofacial disharmonies (n = 33). Observations emphasized the importance of respecting a strict surgical and postsur-gical protocol to avoid any technical traps linked to maxillomandibu