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Orthognathic Surgical Rehabilitation in a Patient with Nemaline Rod Myopathy: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Faisal A. Quereshy

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

surgery current trends and innovations

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2578-7284

DOI - 10.24966/scti-7284/s2003

Subject(s) - medicine , craniofacial , rehabilitation , nemaline myopathy , intervention (counseling) , psychological intervention , myopathy , physical therapy , surgery , nursing , pathology , psychiatry

A case report of the 5-year treatment path of a female patient with Nemaline Rod Myopathy treated by the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the Department of Craniofacial Orthodontics at the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio is presented. Myopathic patients present with disease-specific facies that requires extensive surgical intervention. Additionally, these patients are medically complex, requiring extensive pre and post-surgical planning to avoid adverse events. Our multi-disciplinary and multi-staged treatment plan required no extended post-surgical hospital stays or emergent interventions and she was to reach her stated goal of closing her lips and speaking.

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