title: [Secondary reconstruction of the mandible with a 2,7-mm-bridging-plate].
abstract: The two-phase reconstruction of the mandible with a 2.7-mm-Martin-reconstruction-plate creates a tumor free period that is followed by bone grafting to the embedded plate. We have treated 61 patients following this pattern from 2000 to 2005, follow-up was done in 56. 14 patients had received radiotherapy of 70 Gy. 43 plates healed in without any complications. Until 2005 bone grafting had been performed in 18 patients, in ten patients the plate had been removed.
authors.affiliation: Plastische Operationen im Kopfzentrum der Asklepios-Klinik Nord-Heidberg, Tangstedter Landstrasse 400, 22417 Hamburg, Germany. S.Dannemann@gmx.net
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dannemann
authors.forename: Mario Hakim
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Abu-Id
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kreusch
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D020878:Device Removal; D004164:Diphosphonates / Q000009:adverse effects; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000528:radiation effects; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000601:surgery; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000601:surgery; D010025:Osteoradionecrosis / Q000601:surgery; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012086:Reoperation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004164:Diphosphonates