Open AccessOrthognathic Surgical Rehabilitation in a Patient with Nemaline Rod Myopathy: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Faisal A. Quereshy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hsoa journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2578-7284
DOI - 10.24966/scti-7284/s2003
Subject(s) - medicine , craniofacial , rehabilitation , nemaline myopathy , intervention (counseling) , 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.