Orthognathic Surgery is performed in people affected by congenital or growth related or post traumatic craniofacial deformities who expect improvement in facial aesthetics and/or function. Restoration of deformities using surgical techniques carries an inadvertent risk of encountering complications ranging from physical to psychological shortcomings. The aim of this study was to identify and quantify the complications of orthognathic surgery based on the Clavien-Dindo Classification, among patients who underwent orthognathic surgical procedures in Saveetha Dental College and hospital.
This hospital-based retrospective study was conducted at Saveetha Dental College, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, from July 2019 to March 2020. Consecutive case records of all patients who underwent orthognathic surgical procedures were included in the study. Patients’…
