Pediatric Orthognathic Surgery: National Analysis of Perioperative Complications

BACKGROUND Orthognathic surgery has traditionally been performed after skeletal maturity. Although these procedures are also being performed in children, the implications of earlier intervention and specific risk factors in this younger population remain unknown. METHODS The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric dataset was queried for orthognathic procedures performed in 2018. Complications, readmissions, and reoperations were analyzed with appropriate statistics. RESULTS Overall adverse event rate after orthognathic surgery in pediatric patients was 7.8% (n = 22 of 281), which were associated with having any comorbidity (P