Immediate free flap mandibular reconstruction in osteosarcoma of the mandible in childhood.
Mandibular osteogenic sarcoma (OS) is a very rare entity in childhood. Adequate surgical rejection with a wide margin of normal tissue is the mainstay of treatment of this site, while the role of adjuvant chemotherapy remains uncertain. A case is presented of a 15 1/2-year-old male with a huge OS of the mandible. The boy underwent surgical resection of the mandible with immediate fibula free flap reconstruction and is alive and free of disease 6 1/2 years following unitial diagnosis. This case suggests that immediate bone reconstitution with vascularized grafts have good functional and morphological results for osteosarcoma of the lower jaw.
Lydaki
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E
Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Bolonaki
I
I
Stiakaki
E
E
Kambourakis
A
A
Cordeiro
P B
PB
Meyers
P A
PA
Delides
G
G
Hatzimanolis
P
P
Kalmanti
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures