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Like many long-term sagittal craniosynostosis patients who have had primary corrections the front of the skull (forehead and anterior temporal regions) can reveal some persistent narrowing. This is best correct as an adult with an overlay augmentation using a custom skull implant design for a forehead-temporal widening effect. Such an implant is made from the patient's 3D CT scan and designed to provide both the desired augmentative effect as well as address any asymmetries between the two sides of the forehead and temporal areas.
Cross mental nerve graft has the potential of helping patients (restoration of sensation of the lip and other anatomical regions. This procedure currently available for nerve reconstruction involves microsurgery, it is a procedure called cross-face nerve grafting, a technique that uses a nerve...
Often it is possible to remove the metal plates. Usually this is done only for infection, pain or plates becoming obvious under the skin.I doubt the plates are the cause for the eyelid differences. I recommend to see an oculoplastic surgeon or facial plastic surgeon for evaluation.
You might want to follow-up with your original surgeon to be evaluated. A CT scan might help to determine how your bones have healed. You may also have had some fat or volume loss following your accident. If it is just a matter of some asymmetry between the two sides, you might benefit fro...
I do these pretty frequently. Make a 1 inch incision at the hairline, elevate right on the bone, chisel the osteoma off, smooth the area with drill (this is contouring but JUST of the osteoma region, not the entire forehead), stitch it closed nicely.
Hi there. Thanks for your question. There is a chance to get some more definitive answers for your problem. The best way is to actually seek care and counsel from one of the craniofacial specialists in your area. Dr. Peter Lorenz is the Chief of Cranio-Facial...
The cheek/midface asymmetry can be multifactorial. Many people have mild asymmetries at baseline and one side may have been a little more atrophied at baseline. On top of that, you had a significant trauma to your cheek, zygoma and orbit (ZMC fracture). They did a good job trying to re...
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