Plate-guided distraction osteogenesis to recreate two-thirds of the mandible including symphysis.
We report a case of plate-guided distraction osteogenesis to reconstruct a large mandibular defect caused by recurrence of an ameloblastoma in a 17-year-old male patient who had previously had reconstruction using a fibula bone graft.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK. ricardomali@yahoo.co.uk
Ricardo I
RI
Mohammed-Ali
Alastair M
AM
Henry
Syed A
SA
Khurram
Afshin
A
Yousefpour
D000293:Adolescent; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000601:surgery*; D001860:Bone Plates; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*