Past and present of orthognathic surgery in Baltic states

Abstract

In Lithuania arthognathic surgery has been development in Vilnius University and Kaunas Medical University clinics. Some operations are done in Klaipėda. The first Le Fort I osteotomy done by Juozas Olekas (1996), whereas fist mandibular osteotomies in Vilnius were performed by prof. Petras Sileikis, more than 15 years ago. Since 2003 orthognathic surgery in Vilnius has been developed by Simonas Grybauskas with the help from Riga. The first contemporary bimaxillary osteotomy only by Lithuanian surgeons was performed in 2004 by S. Grybauskas, L. Zaleckas and G. Kapusinskas. Now annually about 60 orthognathic operations in Vilnius are performed by S. Grybauskas, about 90% of them being double jaw surgery. In Kaunas first vertical ramus osteotomy done by Pranas Tercijonas, Gintautas Sabalys and Vladas Steponavicius (1986). First BSSO done by Pranas Tercijonas, Gintautas Gumbelevicius and Irena Navakauskiene (1992). First bimaxillary surgery (1993) done by Pranas Tercijonas and Rasa Babicenko. Presently in Kaunas 10-15 orthognathic operations annually are carried out by Stasys Bojarskas and Ricardas Kubilius. [...].