Establishment of a professional database for the plastic and reconstruction surgery of maxillofacial bones

Objective:To set up a professional database for the plastic and reconstructive surgery of maxillofacial bones. Methods:The programming software is Microsoft Visual FoxPro （VFP）6.0,the database system is constructed by some model blocks according to the specialty of this surgery: general informations; congenital; post-injured; post-tumor removal maxillofacial bones deformities. Results:The collection of data in the database contains the main points of the surgery of maxillofacial bones.The design of the fields in the table in database accord with the special characteristic, the chaining between every tables is credibility. The query operation is conveniently and the data dig can be completed. This database can also be a subdata base and the compatibility to other database software is perfect. It can be connected to Internets. The maintenance of the VFP ststem is safe.Conclusion:This Visual FoxPro database adapts to the plastic and reconstructive surgrey of maxillofacial bones, it can be used in the clinical works, research works and teaching progrom.