Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Le·Fort I Pronunciation:
l&-'fort-'w&n Function:
noun : an operation for reconstruction of the midface in which the teeth-bearingpart of the maxilla is separated from its bony attachments and repositioned
Le Fort /l&-for,/ Léon–Clémont (1829–1893), French surgeon.Le Fort served as professor of surgery in Paris and surgeon to the Hôtel Dieu. He published monographs on the resection of the knee, military surgery, and maternity care and a manual of operativemedicine.
