[A contour and mineral content comparison of vascularized and non-vascularized bone grafts]

This study made a comparison between vascularized bone graft (VBG) and non-vascularized bone graft (NVBG) in mandible of canine by using electron computer to assess the contour of grafted bone and measuring the mineral contents. On the 3rd, 5 th, 7 th, 15 th postoperative day, the contour of VBG and NVBG were similar and all of them kept the original contour. On the 30 th,60th,90th,180th postoperative day, VBG remained the original contour, but the contour of NVBG became thicker obviously than that of VBG for the remained cortical bone(most of which was resorbed) were enveloped with a lot of new bone. The kind of resorption of NVBG cortical bone in our study was characterized by extensive resorption on the surface just like nibbling of silkworm, unlike "tunnel" described in the literatures. There were no statistically differences between mineral contents of VBG and that of NVBG.