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Table 1 Literature overview of orthognathic surgery using the surgery-first approach

From: Current status of the surgery-first approach (part I): concepts and orthodontic protocols

Authors (year)

Study design

Sample size

Type of malocclusion

Presurgical orthodontic treatment

Surgical method

Fixation method

Total treatment time (months)

Baek et al. (2010)

Case series

11

Class III

1–2 months

LF + BSSO

NR

12.2 ± 3.6

Liao et al. (2010)

Case/control

20 SFA, 13 CA

Class III + open bite

No

LF + BSSO

Rigid fixation

SFA 11.4 ± 4.2

CA 17.1 ± 3.4

Wang et al. (2010)

Case/control

18 SFA, 18 CA

Class III

No

LF + BSSO

NR

NR

Ko et al. (2011)

Case/control

18 SFA, 35 CA

Class III

No

LF + BSSO

NR

SFA 17.8 ± 5

CA 15.8 ± 2.7

Hermandez-Alfaro et al. (2014)

Case series

45

Class II (19), class III (22), asymmetry (4)

No

LF + BSSO, LF, BSSO, others

NR

8.8

Kim et al. (2014)

Case/control

23 SFA, 38 CA

Class III

No

BSSO

Rigid fixation

SAF 15.4

CA 22.5

Kim et al. (2014)

Case series

37

Class III

No

LF + IVRO

IMF

14 ± 6

Choi et al. (2015)

Case/control

32 SFA, 24 CA

Class III

No

LF + BSSO

Rigid fixation

SFA 19.4

CA 22.3

  1. SFA surgery-first approach, CA conventional approach, LF LeFort I osteotomy, BSSO bilateral sagittal split osteotomy, IVRO intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy, NR not reported