Autogenous femoral head as grafting material for mandibular augmentation.
Bone grafting is commonly used for augmentation of the atrophic edentulous maxilla and mandible. Although bone substitutes and allogeneic frozen bone grafts have been applied successfully, fresh autogenous bone grafts remain the 'gold standard' in maxillofacial reconstructive surgery. A disadvantage of harvesting autogenous bone is the resulting donor-site morbidity. The authors present a case in which an autogenous femoral head, which was removed because of a prosthetic hip replacement, was used for augmentation of the extreme atrophic mandible. Using this procedure avoids donor-site morbidity.
Department of Pathology & Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands.
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MD
Vos
G M
GM
Raghoebar
J E
JE
van der Wal
W W I
WW
Kalk
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A
Vissink
D000368:Aged; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D001284:Atrophy; D001706:Biopsy; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D015925:Cryopreservation; D015921:Dental Implants; D005260:Female; D005270:Femur Head / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016348:Osseointegration / Q000502:physiology; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014021:Tissue Preservation; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
D015921:Dental Implants