Degloving Approach for the Management of Extensive Mandibular Osteomyelitis

Abstract

Extensive osteomyelitis of the mandible is usually managed using elaborate procedures including resection and reconstruction of the affected part of the mandible. This brief clinical report, the authors present a case of 75-year old male with extensive osteomyelitis of the mandible, incidentally diagnosed with anemia of chronic disease and Type I diabetes mellitus and managed using an intraoral degloving approach exclusively. This has proved to be a procedure ensuring better blood supply, decreased morbidity, precluding an elaborate reconstruction procedure and an overall reduction in cost. The advantages, scientific basis, rationale and pitfalls have been discussed briefly.

Osteomielitis, periimplantitis y fractura vertical radicular mandibular en paciente con fibromialgia: reporte de caso

“…L a osteomielitis es considerada un proceso inflamatorio del hueso esponjoso y cortical, incluido el periostio. La osteomielitis de los maxilares es provocada por una acumulación de bacterias, micobacterias u hongos, capaces de inducir la necrosis y la formación de secuestros óseos (1). La causa primaria de la osteomielitis mandibular crónica son los microrganismos odontogénicos, entre ellos el Staphylococcus aureus (2).…”