title: Microangiographic and histologic evaluation of revascularization and healing after genioplasty by osteotomy of the inferior border of the mandible.
abstract: Correlated microangiographic and histologic studies in adult rhesus monkeys indicate that a pedicled genioplasty involving osteotomy of the inferior mandibular border maintains circulation and osseous viability of the repositioned genial segment. Circulation to the dental pulps was also not discernibly affected when accomplished a minimum of 8 mm below the root apices.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Storum
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagura
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries; D002680:Chin / Q000601:surgery*; D008254:Macaca nemestrina; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D008852:Microradiography; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing