The monobloc frontofacial osteotomy provides aesthetic and functional improvement in the treatment of various craniofacial deformities. This procedure, through highly complex, has had some significant associated complication, such as cerebrospinal fluid leakage, hematoma, infection, and bone resorption. Distraction has been successfully used to gradually elongate bone and soft tissue. This method seems to provide improved results over conventional surgery, with less morbidity. We present a case of a patient with Apert syndrome who underwent monobloc advancement using the Rigid External Device (RED) device and who developed a transient bilateral amaurosis on the fourth postoperative day before distraction. A second procedure was performed to push back the frontal bandeau, maintaining the device in position. The blindness was resolved with this procedure as well as treatment with systemic steroids. The distraction was started thereafter, and the desired improvement was acquired. To our knowledge, this is the first case of transient bilateral amaurosis in a patient undergoing monobloc distraction.
A anastomose esôfago-visceral cervical apresenta como complicações a fístula e a estenose, que podem necessitar de reintervenção cirúrgica para sua correção. Com o objetivo de avaliar as táticas para abordagem operatória dessas complicações e seus resultados, os autores estudaram retrospectivamente nove pacientes, que demandaram esta conduta, num período de 17 anos. Foram operadas duas fístulas e sete estenoses da anastomose esôfago-visceral cervical, sendo a via de acesso inicial a cervicotomia em todos os pacientes. Em quatro casos, houve necessidade de ampliação para esternotomia mediana total, que facilitou significativamente a reconstrução, porém com mortalidade de 75%. As táticas adotadas foram a reanastomose em cinco casos, a sutura do orifício da fístula em um caso e a plastia em três casos. A ressutura teve mau resultado. As plastias evoluíram satisfatoriamente, e os doentes submetidos a reanastomose sem ésternotomia também evoluíram satisfatoriamente. A plastia da anastomose demonstrou ser uma boa tática para o tratamento da estenose cervical, enquanto a reanastomose parece ter a melhor indicação nas fístulas, devendo-se evitar a esternotomia total mediana.
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