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Calvarial Model of Bone Augmentation in Rabbit for Assessment of Bone Growth and Neovascularization in Bone Substitution Materials
Published on: August 13, 2019
[Clinical study of cancellous iliac bone graft in cleft alveolar repair]
Lai-Xiang Wang1, Zheng-Guo Zhou, Peng-Lai Wang
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Xuzhou Stomatological Hospital, Xuzhou 221002, Jiangsu Province, China. WLX83589767@163.com
Purpose:
To analyze the factors affecting the effect of cleft alveolar repair.
Methods:
21 patients with alveolar cleft who were treated in our hospital between 2003-2007 were included in this study. The factors that affected the cleft alveolar repair such as patient's age, cleft type, surgical method, source of bone were analyzed accordingly.
Results:
(1) The surgical success rate was 95.24%, the clinical success rate was 90.48%; (2) The effect of bone graft correlated with the patient's age;(3) Surgical success rate of unilateral alveolar cleft was higher than that of bilateral alveolar cleft.
Conclusions:
(1) The younger patients, the greater chance of success in bone graft. Patients aged 9-11 years are appropriate candidates for the surgery , when the canine is erupting; (2) Iliac bone is a good source for bone graft; (3)Good bone bed and tight tension-free suture are the key to surgical success.
