Minimally invasive orthognathic surgery

Currently, minimally invasive procedures are a trend in all medical fields, where minimally invasive surgery is defined as the discipline in which surgical interventions are performed in novel ways to decrease the sequelae of standard surgical dissections. The goal of minimally invasive surgery is to reduce tissue trauma, minimize bleeding, edema, and injury to adjacent tissues, thereby improving the speed and quality of recovery. Recently, several articles have applied this concept to orthognathic surgery, where the results support that patients undergoing this type of procedure, through small incisions and minimal dissections, have less morbidity and faster post-surgical recovery. The following article aims to review the literature and expose the minimally invasive techniques related to Le Fort I osteotomy, sagittal split ramus osteotomy and genioplasty.