title: Computed tomography in evaluation of early secondary bone grafting.
abstract: Computed tomography (CT) was used to determine the fate of the bone graft in cleft lip and palate patients. Eight right-sided unilateral cleft lip and palate patients from the Free University Hospital in Amsterdam, treated with early, secondary bone grafting, were evaluated immediately after the operation and 1 year postoperatively. Approximately 70% of the volume of transplanted iliac crest bone was still present in the cleft area after 1 year.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Teaching Hospital of the Free University in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: van der Meij
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Baart
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Prahl-Andersen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valk
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kostense
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Tuinzing
mesh_terms: D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed