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Published on: December 5, 2025
Clinical Study of Reconstruction Plates Used in the Surgery for Mandibular Discontinuity Defect
Goro Kawasaki1, Naomi Imayama2, Izumi Yoshitomi3
1Department of Clinical Oral Oncology, Unit of Translational Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan gkawa@nagasaki-u.ac.jp.
Background/Aim:
Postresective mandibular reconstruction is common in cases of oral and mandibular tumors. However, complications such as plate fracture and/or plate exposure can occur. The purpose of this study was to analyze complications and survival of reconstructive plates used to correct mandibular defects caused by oral cancer.
Patients And Methods:
Clinical and radiological data from 34 patients were analyzed. Only discontinuous mandibular defect cases were included in this study. All cases were classified using the Hashikawa's CAT and Eichner's classification methods. Then, we determined whether these classifications and clinical treatment methods were significantly related to complications.
Results:
Complications after mandibular reconstruction occurred in 10 of 34 patients, specifically, two plate fractures, one screw fracture, and seven plate exposures occurred. The plate fractures occurred 5 and 6 months after operation, and the screw fracture occurred 39 months after operation. Using the Hashikawa's CAT classification, the two cases of plate fracture were one of AT type and the other of T type, and the screw fracture was AT type. Using Eichner's classification, all three cases of plate and screw fractures were B2 type.
Conclusion:
We suggest that plate and screw fractures were caused by the type of mandibular defect and bite force.
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