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maxillotomy

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maxillotomy /max·il·lot·o·my/ (mak″sĭ-lot´ah-me) surgical sectioning of the maxilla which allows movement of all or part of the maxilla into the desired position.
max·il·lot·o·my (mks-lt-m)
n.
Surgical sectioning of the maxilla to allow movement of all or a part of the maxilla into the desired position.

maxillotomy
[mak′silot′əmē]
Etymology: L, maxilla, upper jaw; Gk, tomē, a cutting
surgical sectioning of the maxilla that allows movement of all or a part of the maxilla into the desired position.

maxillotomy [mak″sĭ-lot´ah-me]
surgical sectioning of the maxilla, which allows movement of all or part of the maxilla into the desired position.

maxillotomy (mak´silot´mē),
n the surgical sectioning of the maxilla to allow movement of all or a part of the maxilla into the desired portion.

maxillotomy
surgical sectioning of the maxilla which allows movement of all or part of the maxilla into the desired position.


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Between 1996 and 1999, we used the Le Fort I maxillotomy technique to operate on seven patients, aged 28 to 79 years, who had lesions of the anterior skull base (table).
 
 
 
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