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Computed tomography in evaluation of early secondary bone grafting
A J van der Meij1, J A Baart, B Prahl-Andersen
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Teaching Hospital of the Free University in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Computed tomography (CT) was used to determine the fate of the bone graft in cleft lip and palate patients. Eight right-sided unilateral cleft lip and palate patients from the Free University Hospital in Amsterdam, treated with early, secondary bone grafting, were evaluated immediately after the operation and 1 year postoperatively. Approximately 70% of the volume of transplanted iliac crest bone was still present in the cleft area after 1 year.