This study determined that there is a significant improvement of physical symptoms and health-related quality of life in women undergoing reduction mammaplasty at 6 months after surgery. Before surgery, these patients have a significantly worse health-related quality of life than the normal population, but they normalize postoperatively.
True hemimandibular hyperplasia is an uncommon maxillofacial deformity. Patients with this affliction present clinically with varying degrees of asymmetry characterized by an increase in ramus height, a rotated facial appearance with kinking at the mandibular symphysis, and prominence of the lower border of the mandible. In the advanced form, maxillary and mandibular alveolar bone overgrowth result in a compensatory canting of the occlusal plane and a significant functional malocclusion requiring bimaxillary surgical correction. Nine patients with the above condition were treated with various surgical methods over a 9-year period. The clinical results were satisfying and the long-term results showed good postoperative stability. The pathology of hemimandibular hyperplasia is described and the preexisting nomenclature further defined.
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