Case report: Reconstruction of a complex maxillofacial gunshot defect using a titanium patient-specific implant in a dog

ABSTRACT: This report describes the surgical reconstruction of large maxillofacial defect caused by a short-range gunshot injury in a dog using titanium patient-specific implant (PSI). A 3-year-old male Wolf Shepherd was admitted for a large right facial defect with right nasal cavity exposure caused by a gunshot injury. Radiographic examination revealed severe loss of the right maxillary, nasal, and incisive bones, multiple fractures of both left and right palatine bones, and a comminuted fracture of the right mandible. Initial surgical procedure included computed tomography (CT) imaging for three-dimensional (3D) implant design. Open wound management was maintained for 18 days until the fresh granulation tissue fully covered the wound bed. The implant was designed in a “hand grasping shape” to cov

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9686285 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature