Maxillary distraction osteogenesis in Pfeifferʹs syndrome: urgent ocular protectionby gradual midfacial skeletal advancement

Distraction osteogenesis is increasingly recognised as a potentially useful technique to achieve the co-ordinated augmentation of craniofacial skeletal and soft tissue. A case is presented where bilateral maxillary distraction was successfully used to advance the midface in the treatment of recurrent ocular dislocation, in a 10-month-old boy with Pfeifferʹs syndrome.