We treated 10 cases of Treacher Collins syndrome by orbit reconstruction, malar reconstruction, zygoma arch reconstruction, maxilla reconstruction, mandible reconstruction, eyelid reconstruction and procedures. Surgeries of the jaws were performed in 7 cases above teens, with follow-up ranging from seven to fourty-eight months.
A characteristic pattern emerged from the X-radiocephalorretric analysis of the craniofacial complex in Treacher Collins syndrome. The body and ramus cf the mandible were diminutive and joined by an obtuse gonial angle. The palantine plane was tipped upward posteriorly and posterior face height was considerably reduced. The facial profile was abnormaly convex.
Correction of the maxilla and eyelid, lengthening of the ran:us and angle, and primary construction of the orbit were performed simultaneously. After several operations, the condition of a patient can be much improved, but he or she does not. look like normal person.
We got a satisfactory result so we report our ten cases of experience of Treacher Collins syndrome with an investigation of literatures.
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