Distraction osteogenesis for reconstruction after mandibular segmental resection

Experience with Mandibular Reconstruction Using Transport-Disc-Distraction Osteogenesis

“…Patients presenting malignancies who do not need radiotherapy are uncommon, but are ideal candidates for TDDO. 4,5 One of the major challenges involving the use of this technology in head and neck oncological reconstruction will be the effect of radiotherapy on the regenerated bone, especially in patients who have previously received or will need radiotherapy as part of their treatment.…”

Histomorphometric evaluation of delayed changes in masseter muscle after lengthening the rabbit mandible by distraction osteogenesis

“…Distraction osteogenesis is the method commonly used to lengthen bones, where new bone formation is needed in most parts of the body skeleton. Traumatic, pathologic, post‐surgical defects, and congenital and developmental deformities are the cases in which DO is used to reconstitute missing bone tissues, in addition to remodeling deficient or abnormal growth of parts of the skeleton (Tong et al , 1998; Takahashi et al , 2002; Kocaoğlu et al , 2003; Birch and Samchukov, 2004).…”

Distraction osteogenesis in the irradiated mandible. A case report

“…Knowing these limitations, the clinical use of distraction osteogenesis in head and neck cancer patients has been limited by the unknown effects of distraction on irradiated bone. There are contradictory reports in the literature showing cases in which distraction of irradiated bone was successful and cases in which it was not (Gantous et al, 1994;Hellner and Schmelzle, 1994;Sawaki et al, 1997;Holmes et al, 2002;Klesper et al, 2002;Muhonen et al, 2002a, b;Takahashi et al, 2002;). In this paper a case is presented in which distraction osteogenesis was applied unsuccessfully to reconstruct the mandible.…”