title: Follow-up report of immediate stabilization of mandibular surgical defects after tumor resection.
abstract: This study constitutes a follow-up of a study completed in March 1988, involving 18 patients receiving bone plate stabilization for the repair of surgical defects after mandibular resection. An additional 11 cases are presented with follow-up periods of 3 to 23 months. Of the original study of 18 patients, follow-up was available for 13. Of these 13, five patients died, three as a result of their tumors. One patient was previously reported to have had recurrent disease and loss of the stabilization plate. One patient lost the plate in an area of recurrent tumor just before succumbing to his malignancy. The remaining three died with their stabilization plates in place and functioning. The eight remaining patients with long-term follow-up and 11 additional patients with shorter-term results are now described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY 11042.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D008341:Mandibular Prosthesis; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*