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JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
Volume 76, Issue 4, Pages 886-893Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2017.10.026
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- Program for New Clinical Techniques and Therapies of Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology [PKUSSNCT-16A02]
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Purpose: This study evaluated the computer-aided approach to the reconstruction of mandibular defects using a vascularized iliac-crest flap. Materials and Methods: From December 2015 to October 2016, 14 patients (8 men and 6 women) 18 to 64 years old (median age, 29 yr) were treated at the Peking University School and Stomatology Hospital (Beijing, China). Biopsy specimens from all patients were subjected to histologic examination before segmental mandibulectomy. Computer-based surgical techniques, including virtual surgical planning, computer-aided design and manufacturing, rapid prototyping, and intraoperative navigation, were used to restore the anatomic continuity and configuration of the mandible using a vascularized iliac-crest flap. Two transverse dimensions and 1 anteroposterior (A-P) dimension were evaluated based on the virtual plan and postoperative computed tomogram. Lines from condylar head to condylar head and from gonial angle to gonial angle were defined as the transverse dimensions. A perpendicular line drawn from the mandibular midline to the center point on the condylar head to condylar head measurement was defined as the A-P dimension. Complications were evaluated during follow-up. Results: The flap success ratewas 92.9% (13 of 14), with 1 flap failure. After the operation, there were no other serious complications in 13 of the 14 patients, who exhibited a good mandibular configuration with good occlusion. Furthermore, the height of bone graft was sufficient for implants. Healing of the recipient and donor sites with no serious complication was uneventful. The average surgical errors in the A-P dimension and transverse dimensions were 1.8 +/- 1.0 mm (range, 0.2 to 3.7 mm), 2.2 +/- 1.1 mm (range, 0.9 to 5.0 mm), and 2.6 +/- 1.6 mm (range, 0.3 to 7.2 mm), respectively. Conclusions: The use of these digital techniques was found to be a viable option for reconstruction of mandibular defects, but the results should be interpreted cautiously because of the small number of patients and the relatively short follow-up. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier Inc on behalf of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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