Mandibular osteotomies after drawing out the inferior alveolar nerve along the canal.
In some cases, the inferior alveolar nerve runs through a lower course than usual. In such cases, osteotomy of the mandible can injure the inferior alveolar nerves. In other instances, the course of the mandibular osteotomy can meet that of the inferior alveolar nerve. In these cases, a useful method may be excavating the canal and drawing the nerve out through it. With this technique, we can make the osteotomy as initially planned with minimal damage to the inferior alveolar nerve.
Jin
Hoon
H
BK Plastic Surgery Clinic, 1-2 Nonhyun-dong, Kangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea. jinhoonps@hotmail.com
Kim
Byung-Gun
BG
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D008340:Mandibular Nerve; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*