title: The autoclaved autogenous reimplant, an immediately replaced, mineral frame.
abstract: Due to our good experimental results with an immediate mandibular body-replacement after resections we report our clinical and histological findings of a 35 weeks-lasting transplantation of autoclaved bone. We could not confirm a "foreign body" reaction and absent bone-resorption by osteoclasts, described by Harding in 1957. During metal removal after the 28th week postoperatively we observed clinically a good incorporation of the graft and the histological evaluation of the 28th and 35th week specimens showed an excellent bony bridging of the osteotomy, non-irritant incorporation of the graft and a beginning remodelling of the mineral frame which had functioned as an immediate space retainer.
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy; D014021:Tissue Preservation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous