Therapeutic importance of transplantation of a vascularised free flap for an oromandibular injury with infection and severe scar contracture.
We report three patients who had transplantation of vascularised free flaps, peroneal osteocutaneous flap in two patients and radial forearm flap in one patient, for the treatment of oromandibular injuries that had not healed as a result of infection after initial treatment.
Yokoo
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. s.yokoo@hosp.kobe-u.ac.jp
Komori
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T
Sakurai
A
A
Hashikawa
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K
Nomura
T
T
Sanno
T
T
Ichinose
A
A
Tahara
S
S
D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery*; D003286:Contracture / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000601:surgery*; D014727:Vestibuloplasty