Clinical Services: Definitions

Craniofacial Reconstruction

Craniofacial reconstruction is surgical treatment to repair deformities of the head and face (craniofacial). It is also referred to as craniofacial reconstruction or orbital-craniofacial surgery.

Surgery is performed for the following reasons:

• tumors deformities caused by treatments of tumors
• injuries to the head, face, or jaws (maxillofacial)
• birth defects (such as hypertelorism, Crouzon's disease, Apert's syndrome)
  

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William Gerald Austen, MD	Matthias B. Donelan, MD	G. Gregory Gallico, III, MD	Eric C. Liao, MD, PhD	Jonathan Michael Winograd, MD	Michael J. Yaremchuk, MD