Volume 8 - Issue 1 - p e2546 | English
Plastic Reconstructive Surgery - Global OpenAlessandro Remigio Bolzoni, Alessandro Baj, Ahmed Hassan Sweed, Aldo Bruno Giannì, Edoardo Francesco Montrasio, Giada Anna Beltramini
Idea & Innovation
Plastic Reconstructive Surgery - Global OpenThe fibula free flap (FFF) is regarded as the gold standard in mandibular reconstruction. Dental rehabilitation is important to improve the health- related quality of life of patients undergoing mandibular reconstruction. FFF provides adequate cortical bone osseous tissue for use in dental implantation. The application of “axial split osteotomy” via a double-barrel fibula graft may enable discrepancies between the native mandible and FFF to be avoided, thereby improving the likelihood of early and successful dental rehabilitation.
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