title: Closure of alveolar clefts with corticocancellous block grafts and marrow: a retrospective study.
abstract: A surgical technique is presented for maxillary alveolar cleft repair that includes a contoured iliac crest corticocancellous block graft and marrow packing, along with closure by a Y-vestibular mucosal advancement flap. A retrospective study of graft survival in 48 cleft sites showed a 94% success rate with no complications; the remaining 6% of the cases showed minor complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Demas
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Sotereanos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000543:Alveoloplasty; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002648:Child; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013524:Surgical Flaps