ABSTRACT
Craniofacial surgery is concerned with the treatment of patients with rare and complex congenital or acquired anomalies which together affect the head, upper face and jaws. Tessier developed and enunciated the principles of a radical surgical approach aimed at the total correction of the deformity in a limited number of operations. Better results with fewer major complications are achieved by this approach. Tessier also demonstrated the value of a multidisciplinary approach.
