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Descriptor English: Osteotomy, Le Fort
Descriptor Spanish: Osteotomía Le Fort
Descriptor osteotomía de Le Fort
Scope note: Sección transversal y reposición del maxilar superior. Hay tres tipos: Osteotomía Le Fort I para avance maxilar o el tratamiento de fracturas maxilares; Osteotomía Le Fort II para el tratamiento de fracturas maxilares; Osteotomía Le Fort III para el tratamiento de fracturas maxilares con fractura de uno o más huesos faciales. Le Fort III también se utiliza frecuentemente para corregir disostosis craneofacial y anomalías faciales relacionadas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Osteotomia de Le Fort
Descriptor French: Ostéotomie de Le Fort
Entry term(s): Le Fort Osteotomy
LeFort Osteotomy
Osteotomy, LeFort
Tree number(s): E04.545.575
E04.555.580.580
E06.645.575
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019340
Scope note: Transverse sectioning and repositioning of the maxilla. There are three types: Le Fort I osteotomy for maxillary advancement or the treatment of maxillary fractures; Le Fort II osteotomy for the treatment of maxillary fractures; Le Fort III osteotomy for the treatment of maxillary fractures with fracture of one or more facial bones. Le Fort III is often used also to correct craniofacial dysostosis and related facial abnormalities. (From Dorland, 28th ed, p1203 & p662)
Annotation: Le Fort I: coordinate with MAXILLA /surg for maxillary advancement; Le Fort II: coordinate with MAXILLARY FRACTURES /surg; Le Fort III: coordinate with MAXILLARY FRACTURES /surg or CRANIOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS /surg or other related facial abnormality /surg
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Maxilla/surgery (1971-1996)
Maxillary Fractures/surgery (1971-1996)
Osteotomy (1971-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
DeCS ID: 33113
Unique ID: D019340
NLM Classification: WU 610
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Osteotomy, Le Fort - Preferred
Concept UI M0028789
Scope note Transverse sectioning and repositioning of the maxilla. There are three types: Le Fort I osteotomy for maxillary advancement or the treatment of maxillary fractures; Le Fort II osteotomy for the treatment of maxillary fractures; Le Fort III osteotomy for the treatment of maxillary fractures with fracture of one or more facial bones. Le Fort III is often used also to correct craniofacial dysostosis and related facial abnormalities. (From Dorland, 28th ed, p1203 & p662)
Preferred term Osteotomy, Le Fort
Entry term(s) Le Fort Osteotomy
LeFort Osteotomy
Osteotomy, LeFort



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