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[Changes of bone height after vascularized fibular bone graft in mandibular reconstruction]
1Department of Stomatology, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200120, China.
Objective:
To investigate the changes of vascularized fibular bone height after transplantation for mandibular reconstruction.
Methods:
Thirty-two patients with mandibular defects were reconstructed with vascularized fibular bone. Postoperative follow-up pantomography was used to evaluate the changes of bone height.
Results:
At different distance from the vessel pedicles, the changes of bone height showed no significant difference. The height of fibular bone decreased gradually with time and reduced by 6.64% at 1 year postoperatively.
Conclusions:
Multiple segmental osteotomies had no effect on blood flow and the different pieces of graft after modeling by osteotomy experienced the similar reconstruction. The volume of grafted fibular bone almost remained stable.
