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what actually happens during surgery?

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  • Started 5 months ago by keokeo
  • Latest reply from ocmama2four

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  1. keokeo
    Member

    i have heard little snippets of some of the procedure of lefort 1 and bsso from various sources... for example ocmama2four just mentioned they sew your lip back on... my surgeon mentioned stripping the muscle from the jaw joint... i know the cuts and the shifting they do to the bone, but what all happens besides that? does anyone have a good resource describing what goes on during surgery? :D keep in mind i'm two months post-op - if maybe the information is too graphic for someone who is preparing for or in early recovery from the procedures right now, perhaps you can comment on my blog instead. i'm curious to know what exactly i went through!

    happy holidays to all! :D

    http://mycrookedjaw.blogspot.com/
    Posted 5 months ago #

  2. ExtremeJawz
    Member

    Google Le fort 1 medical procedure and tripod...then go to the website with tripod in its name. Heads up though, it shows the step by step procedures and pics too.

    Posted 5 months ago #

  3. RachelM
    Member

    Even now seven months post op I don't want to know exactly how they did what they did during surgery. All that matters to me is that it was successful!

    Posted 4 months ago #

  4. Hose.A.Jaw
    Member

    It is best not to obsess over what happens during the surgery. Just know that your surgeons know what they are doing. They are trained to do that and have done it many times before. They won't take a sledge hammer to your face =)

    http://hoseajaw.wordpress.com/
    Posted 4 months ago #

  5. RachelM
    Member

    ...but if they do, they'll put it all back toghether in the right places before they wake you up!

    Posted 4 months ago #

  6. Hose.A.Jaw
    Member

    LOL!

    Posted 4 months ago #

  7. Euphobia
    Moderator

    @Hose.A.Jaw they might as well do when hammering the chisel in to break the top jaw with how hard it is to break it haha.

    Posted 4 months ago #

  8. Hose.A.Jaw
    Member

    @Euphobia: Great! Thanks for the visual.....I have enough nightmares as it is! LOL!! =)

    Posted 4 months ago #

  9. Dcg22
    Member

    The surgery is obviously very complicated and detailed..which is why it costs so much money and you need to go through much schooling to perform it. You could write a book about it. theres too much involved to say in a paragraph or so. Some of the general things that are performed are: bone break and insertion of metal places and screws, bone grafting (adding bone from other parts of the body to fill in the space between bones), bone removal, nerve manipulation (complicated because you need to identify where the nerve is during the surgery through the use of stimuli), muscle detachment (cutting through the muscle), muscle reattachment through use of dissolvable sutures, cutting through of the gum tissue, reattachment of gum tissue. Obviously other things need to be performed during the surgery that i am not aware of because i'm not a surgeon. those are some general stuff though. The human body is very complex and your surgeon must know every detail of the surrounding tissues and bones to be successful. For example if your doing something like genioplasty, removing too much of a section of chin bone can cause the remaining bone to not have adequate blood supply therefore causing big problems. Thats just one of many possible things a surgeon must be aware of.

    Posted 4 months ago #

  10. Donnataylor
    Member

    Blimey, it does make you think. Full credit to these surgeons. I luckily!!!! got to watch upper jaw surgery on embarrassing bodies just prior to my op. Yes it was lots of hammer and chissel! I sat on the sofa looking rather perplexed for a while wishing o hadn't watched it. But I made my hubby watch it as well just for him to take in how big a deal it was, I think it worked because he has been nothing short of
    amazing looking after me these past few days:)

    Bsso for overbite on 21st December. Lower advanced 8mm upper impacted by 3mm and moved forward 2mm.
    Posted 4 months ago #

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