Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Midpalatal Suture in Surgically Assisted Rapid Maxillary Expansion
JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, cilt.23, sa.5, ss.1375-1377, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 23 Sayı: 5
- Basım Tarihi: 2012
- Doi Numarası: 10.1097/scs.0b013e3182519f0a
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1375-1377
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Ultrasonography, rapid maxillary expansion, rapid palatal expansion, DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS, PALATAL EXPANSION, COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY, ULTRASOUND
- Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME), which combines orthodontics and surgery, is a well-established therapy for transverse maxillary hypoplasia in adults after sutural closure or completion of skeletal maturation. X-rays are usually the preferred monitoring technique for this treatment. Recently, ultrasound scanning has been used successfully in the follow-up of patients undergoing distraction osteogenesis. In this study, ultrasonography (US) was used in the evaluation of bone callus formation in the midpalatal suture in 3 patients undergoing SARME. For each patient, US was performed immediately after active expansion, at 2 and 4 months of the expansion period, at the removal of the expander 6 months later, and at 2 months after expander removal. The results indicated that US might be a useful and accurate method to assess bone fill in the midpalatal suture in patients undergoing SARME. However, further studies are necessary to clarify the US scores in a larger patient group undergoing SARME.