Mandibular elongation by automatic distraction osteogenesis: the first application in humans
A F Ayoub1, W Richardson, J C Barbenel
1Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, Glasgow University and the Regional Maxillofacial Unit at Southern General Hospital, 378 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JZ, UK. a.ayoub@dental.gla.ac.uk
The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
|May 24, 2005
Abstract:
We report the case of a 65-year-old man who was the first person to have the right ramus of his mandible lengthened by 20mm by automatic continuous distraction osteogenesis. The device consists of two units: a component that is implanted into the bone, and an external component that is distant from the surgical site and mounted on a battery-driven portable syringe driver or infusion pump. A non-compressible drive cable connects the two.
