title: Pedicled sandwich plasty: a variation on alveolar distraction for vertical augmentation of the atrophic mandible.
abstract: We describe a method of vertical augmentation of an edentulous mandible that causes minimal weakening of bone and disturbance of sensation.
authors.affiliation: University-Clinic for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, General Hospital Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ewers
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fock
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Millesi-Schobel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Enislidis
mesh_terms: D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001860:Bone Plates; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*