For this select group of late-presenting alveolar cleft patients, the BMP-2 procedure resulted in improved bone healing and reduced morbidity compared with traditional iliac bone grafting.

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Donor-site complications are not uncommon, but paying careful attention to patient comorbidities when selecting an operative approach (bilateral versus unilateral, free TRAM versus DIEP, and so on) can minimize postoperative abdominal complications. Furthermore, the results corroborate the recent literature suggesting there is little functional difference in patients receiving muscle-sparing free TRAM versus DIEP reconstructions.