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The Regrowth of Mandibular Coronoid Process After Coronoidectomy: A Retrospective Analysis of 57 Cases
Ziyan Jiang1, Xing Long1, Jin Ke1
1Resident, Professor, Associate Professor and Head, Associate Professor, The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Resident, Professor, Associate Professor and Head, Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Purpose:
Coronoidectomy is carried out frequently as a part of the cranial-maxillofacial surgery procedure. There are few articles on the fate of coronoid process after coronoidectomy, except that several case reports mentioned that coronoid process had regenerated. This study aimed to radiographically access the anatomic outcomes of coronoid process and investigate which factors were associated with the outcomes after coronoidectomy.
Materials And Methods:
A retrospective cohort study included patients undergoing coronoidectomy over a 7-year period. The primary outcome variable was the new coronoid process occurrence (yes/no). Secondary outcome variable was the type of the new coronoid process by evaluating its size, shape and position. Radiograph at 1-year postoperative visit was used to determine the outcomes. The predictor variables included age, sex, surgical purpose, surgical side, surgical approach and the maximal interincisal opening. Appropriate statistics were analyzed by SPSS version 22. χ2 test and binary logistic regression were used to assess the association between predictor factors and anatomic outcomes (P <.05).
Results:
The study sample included 57 patients. In total, 96 coronoidectomies were performed. Seventy-four coronoid processes (77.1%) showed complete (n = 44, 45.8%), nonunion (n = 19, 19.8%) or partial (n = 11, 11.5%) regrowth, whereas no evidence of regeneration in 22 sites was observed radiographically at 1-year postoperative visit. Binary logistic regression showed that a young age (odds ratio 0.704; 95% confidence interval 0.562-0.882; P = .002) was significantly associated with regeneration of coronoid process.
Conclusions:
Coronoid process can mostly regenerate after coronoidectomy. A young age may contribute to regrowth of coronoid process.
