AAOMS 95th Annual Meeting

October 04 - 12, 2013

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Resident Organization Disasters From the Masters: Complications and Management in Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery

This is a non-ticketed session.

Attend the fourth of a five-part series on Disasters from the Masters: Complications and Management in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. This year’s program will focus on surgical complications in cleft and craniofacial surgery. Three leading surgeons will present closed surgical cases and the audience will be asked to respond to their preferred treatment of the clinical case. Respondents will discuss how to treat the emergency and what could have been done differently to prevent the adverse event.

1. Describe the various needs and surgeries indicated in the cleft lip and palate patient;
2. Describe the incidence, anatomy and pathophysiology of cleft lip and palate deformity;
3. Describe the timing and procedures most commonly utilized in the surgical repair of the cleft lip and palate deformities;
4. Discuss the interdisciplinary research that impacts the practice of cleft and craniofacial surgery;
5. Describe indications for the use of distraction osteogenesis (DO) in the cleft/craniofacial patient; and
6. Improve procedures and outcomes by understanding the impact of growth and development in the Treacher-Collins Syndrome (TCS) patient.