title: Immediate reconstruction of the central segment of the mandible using the masseter osteomuscular flap.
abstract: We describe a new technique for reconstruction of the central segment of the mandible using a masseter osteomuscular flap. The advantages of this method are that bone viability is preserved, both form and function of the mandible are maintained, it is a local flap with low donor-site morbidity, and the operative time is shortened.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Escola Paulista de Medicina-University of São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brenda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Castro
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*