Reimplantation of frozen-thawed autogenous mandible after resection of an ameloblastoma.
A case of immediate reimplantation of a frozen-thawed autogenous mandible with a mixture of iliac bone, marrow, and particulate hydroxylapatite in a 12-year-old boy with an ameloblastoma of the mandible is described and the conditions leading to successful outcome of the procedure are discussed.
Yokobayashi
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First Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Niigata University, Japan.
Shingaki
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Nakajima
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D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001853:Bone Marrow; D002648:Child; D017886:Durapatite; D005615:Freezing; D006801:Humans; D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012092:Replantation / Q000379:methods*; D014081:Tooth Extraction
D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D017886:Durapatite