Surgical benefit of mandibular morphometric analysis: A new tool to standardize mandibular reconstruction.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The gold-standard for reconstruction of large mandibular defects is the use of free flaps of vascularized autologous bone with the fibula as the preferred donor site. The use of "custom cutting guides" for this indication is becoming increasingly prevalent. But cost of the procedure averages around 2,500 dollars per patient excluding treatment and entails selection criteria. We think it is possible to standardize mandibular reconstructions from an anatomical mean. The objective of this study was to perform a mandibular morphometric analysis in order to obtain a set of "mean" measurements, which can be used by all surgeons interested in mandibular reconstruction.

Methods

We performed a morphometric analysis consisting of three-dimensional mandibular reconstructions of

SUBMITTER: Prevost A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7647103 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature