Experiences with intra-oral partial resection and simultaneous reconstruction in cases of mandibular osteomyelitis

A review of the surgical treatment of 17 cases of mandibular osteomyelitis is presented in which, following certain special indications, resection and simultaneous reconstruction of parts of the mandible were performed. This treatment was successful in 15 of the 17 patients considered. In two cases, the necrotic graft had to be removed. In one of them, the immediate reconstruction was successfully repeated. The indications for immediate reconstruction are given and the principles of the procedure described.