Andreas A Mueller Research Group - Facial and Cranial Anomalies
We are a team of surgeons and researchers with specialization in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, serving patients at the University Hospital of Basel and the University Children's Hospital Basel. Our main focus is treatment of patients with facial and cranial anomalies as University Center for Cleft Lip and Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies, specially infants born with orofacial cleft. (History of cleft lip and palate treatment) We conduct translational research as members of the Department of Clinical Research and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Basel. Our aim is to develop optimal treatment strategies with minimal burden for the patient and health care system that simultaneously achieve better functional and structural outcome. We continually strive to achieve our goals at the interface among clinical activities, technological development and biological research through local and international collaborations among multidisciplinary groups.
News from the group
June 2024
Dr. Benito Benitez has been awarded a research funding from Geistlich-Stucki Foundation. Congratulations!
Welcome Kisanthan!
Kisanthan has joined our research group to work on his dissertation in dentistry. He is currently completing the master's degree at the Dental School in Basel.
January 2024
Tobias Kunnappallil, Kisanthan Krishnapillai and their fellow dental students initiated "Smiles for Peru" to provide dental care and treatment to underserved communities in Peru. They have administered over 450 patients in collaboration with a local NGO!
Latest publications
Schnabel TN, Lill Y, Benitez BK, Nalabothu P, Metzler P, Mueller AA, Gross M. Gözcü B, Solenthaler B. Large-Scale 3D Infant Face Model. In: Linguraru, M.G., et al. Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2024. MICCAI 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 15003. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-72384-1_21, https://papers.miccai.org/miccai-2024/443-Paper2260.html
Santos JWM, Mueller AA, Benitez BK, Lill Y, Nalabothu P, Muniz FWMG. Smartphone-based scans of palate models of newborns with cleft lip and palate: Outlooks for three-dimensional image capturing and machine learning plate tool. Orthod Craniofac Res. 2024 Sep 22. doi: 10.1111/ocr.12859. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39306752.
Fell M, Breakey W, Benitez BK, Mueller AA, Chong DK. The Preservation Technique for Incomplete Unilateral Cleft Lip Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2024 Sep 18;12(9):e6172. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000006172. PMID: 39296618; PMCID: PMC11410330.
Natarajan PG, Mahipathy SRRV, Nalabothu P. Anatomic Subunit Cleft Lip Repair: New Repair Concept Based on Nostril Sill and Philtrum-White Roll Junction. J Craniofac Surg. 2024 Sep 4. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000010620. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39230287.
de Macêdo Santos JW, Benitez BK, Baumhoer D, Schönegg D, Schrepfer T, Mueller AA, Thieringer FM. Intraosseous myofibroma mimicking an odontogenic lesion: case report, literature review, and differential diagnosis. World J Surg Onc 22, 246 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-024-03520-4
Teuber Lobos C, Benitez BK, Lill Y, Kiser LE, Tache A, Fernandez-Pose M, Campolo Gonzalez A, Nalabothu P, Sharma N, Thieringer FM, Vargas Díaz A, Mueller AA. Cleft lip and palate surgery simulator: Open source simulation model, Heliyon, Volume 10, Issue 8, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29185.
Benitez BK, Rasadurai A, Boccalatte L, Mueller AA. Pre-epiglottic baton plate in newborns with Pierre Robin sequence: revisiting the practical workflow. The Laryngoscope. https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.31508.
Benitez BK, Brudnicki A, Tache A, Wieprzowski Ł, Surowiec Z, Nalabothu P, Lill Y, Mueller AA. Comparative study on cleft palate morphology after passive presurgical plate therapy in unilateral cleft lip and palate. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, Volume 92, 2024 (198-206), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2024.03.001
Shahbazi A, Mueller AA, Mezey S, Gschwindt S, Kiss T., Bksa G, Kisnisci R. Is the collateral circulation pattern in the hard palate affected by cleft deformity? Clinical Oral Investigations. Volume 28, article number 277, 2024.
Mezey S, Schönegg D, Benitez BK, Toranelli M, Hussain SA, Müller-Gerbl M, Mueller AA. Poster: New Insights into the anatomical basis of human cleft palate surgery. Facing Forward, Applied Craniofacial Anatomy: Evolution, Development & Bioengineering. Anatomical Society Winter Meeting, 3rd-5th January 2024.
Eckstein-Halla N, Filippi C, Müller AA. Lippen-Kiefer-Gaumen-Spalten. In: Filippi A Filippi C Neuhaus KW Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH. Die Zahnmedizinische Behandlung Von Menschen Mit Special Needs. (Copyright owned by Quintessenz Verlag) 1. Auflage 2024 ed. Berlin: Quintessenz Verlag; 2024.