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Closure of alveolar clefts with corticocancellous block grafts and marrow: a retrospective study
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Abstract:
A surgical technique is presented for maxillary alveolar cleft repair that includes a contoured iliac crest corticocancellous block graft and marrow packing, along with closure by a Y-vestibular mucosal advancement flap. A retrospective study of graft survival in 48 cleft sites showed a 94% success rate with no complications; the remaining 6% of the cases showed minor complications.

