Early efforts at mandibular reconstruction are described from ancient China and the Etruscans to even Hippocrates, involving wooden, terracotta and metal prostheses attached to bone or teeth. Since then, modem surgery...Early efforts at mandibular reconstruction are described from ancient China and the Etruscans to even Hippocrates, involving wooden, terracotta and metal prostheses attached to bone or teeth. Since then, modem surgery has developed more effective techniques, including no vascularized bone grafts, better alloplastic materials, vascularized loco regional grafts, soft and hard tissue compounds, bone fixation and stretching materials, and mechanisms for study models. These components have become indispensable in the surgeon's arsenal with regard to reconstructive surgery. A gold standard for mandibular bone reconstruction is the use of autogenous grafts. The objective of this study was to describe a clinical case of mandibular reconstruction with autogenous graft associated with adjuvant hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The clinical case presented shows the treatment performed for after-effects correction due to the non-consolidation of sagittal mandibular osteotomy performed for correction of standard III dentofacial deformity, resulting in a pseudoarthrosis with bite deviation and facial asymmetry. As a treatment plan, mandibular reconstruction was instituted with autogenous graft of anterior iliac crest associated with the use prototyping biomodel and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. After a control of 1 year and 6 months, no signs of recurrence were identified and the radiographic image showed excellent positioning, good volume and maintenance of the mandibular contour.展开更多
Background Although the use of an intramedullary fibular allograft together with locking plate fixation can provide additional medial support and prevent varus malalignment in displaced proximal humeral fractures with...Background Although the use of an intramedullary fibular allograft together with locking plate fixation can provide additional medial support and prevent varus malalignment in displaced proximal humeral fractures with promising results,the fibular autograft donor site often sustains significant trauma and cannot restore the articular surface of comminuted fractures.The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of a locking plate and crest bone autologous graft for treating proximal humerus comminuted fractures.Methods We assessed the functional outcomes and complication rates in 40 patients with proximal humerus comminuted fractures.Eighteen patients were treated with a locking plate and an autologous crest bone graft (experimental group),and 22 were treated with only the locking plate and no bone graft (control group).Postoperative assessments included radiographic imaging,range of motion analysis,pain level based on the visual analogue scale (VAS),and the SF-36 (Short Form (36) Health Survey),as well as whether patients could retum to their previous occupation.Results All fractures healed both clinically and radiologically in the experimental group.There was no more than 2 mm collapse of the humeral head,and no osteonecrosis or screw penetration of the articular surface.In contrast,two patients had a nonunion in the control group,and they eventually accepted total shoulder replacements.The average time from surgery to radiographic union was significantly shorter in the experimental group ((4.66±1.63) months) compared with the control group ((5.98±1.57) months) (P <0.05).For the experimental versus controls groups,the mean shoulder active flexion (148.00±18.59 vs.121.73±17.20) degrees,extension (49.00±2.22 vs.42.06±2.06) degrees,internal rotation (45.00±5.61 vs.35.00±3.55)degrees,external rotation (64.00±9.17 vs.52.14±5.73)degrees,and abduction (138.00±28.78 vs.105.95±15.66) degrees were all significantly higher (all P <0.001).The median SF-36 in the experimental group ((88.00±5.71) points) was significantly higher than that of the control group ((69.45±9.45) points; P <0.001).The median VAS pain level (mean rank,10.50) in the experimental group was lower than that (mean rank,47.19) of the control group (P <0.001).All but one patient (17 of 18,94.4%) in the experimental group returned to their previous activities or occupations,and that one patient changed to a different occupation because of slight restrictions to activities.On the other hand,four patients could not return to their previous activities or occupations in the control group.Conclusion Locking plate fixation combined with an iliac crest bone graft is an effective technique for treating proximal humerus comminuted fractures.展开更多
Purpose: The results for fixation of comminuted posterior wall acetabular fractures are not very promising with reported complications in terms of osteoarthritis, nonunion and malunion which subsequently require conv...Purpose: The results for fixation of comminuted posterior wall acetabular fractures are not very promising with reported complications in terms of osteoarthritis, nonunion and malunion which subsequently require conversion to total hip arthroplasty. The conversion to total hip arthroplasty is possible in patients over 50 years of age but not in younger patients. So this requires new methods for salvage of the native hip in young patients. Methods: There were six patients in our series with highly comminuted posterior wall acetabular frac- tures where the fragments were excised and the gap filled with tricortical anterior iliac-crest strut autograff, fixed with screws and plate. Results: Good results were achieved in four out of six patients analyzed clinically using the Merle d'Aubinge score modified by Matta and radiologically by Matta scoring. These patients have returned to original work and are walking independently. The good result in one patient deteriorated from good to poor between one and two years. One patient developed infection and excision arthroplasty was done, The graft incorporated well in five out of six patients. Conclusion: The use of iliac crest autograff is a better, advanced and promising technique as it provides a new wall to the weight bearing dome of the acetabulum for articulation with the femoral head. The rates of nonunion, malunion, post traumatic osteoarthritis are less as compared to the fixation of the comminuted fragments. The need for conversion to total hio arthroolastv is also less.展开更多
文摘Early efforts at mandibular reconstruction are described from ancient China and the Etruscans to even Hippocrates, involving wooden, terracotta and metal prostheses attached to bone or teeth. Since then, modem surgery has developed more effective techniques, including no vascularized bone grafts, better alloplastic materials, vascularized loco regional grafts, soft and hard tissue compounds, bone fixation and stretching materials, and mechanisms for study models. These components have become indispensable in the surgeon's arsenal with regard to reconstructive surgery. A gold standard for mandibular bone reconstruction is the use of autogenous grafts. The objective of this study was to describe a clinical case of mandibular reconstruction with autogenous graft associated with adjuvant hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The clinical case presented shows the treatment performed for after-effects correction due to the non-consolidation of sagittal mandibular osteotomy performed for correction of standard III dentofacial deformity, resulting in a pseudoarthrosis with bite deviation and facial asymmetry. As a treatment plan, mandibular reconstruction was instituted with autogenous graft of anterior iliac crest associated with the use prototyping biomodel and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. After a control of 1 year and 6 months, no signs of recurrence were identified and the radiographic image showed excellent positioning, good volume and maintenance of the mandibular contour.
文摘Background Although the use of an intramedullary fibular allograft together with locking plate fixation can provide additional medial support and prevent varus malalignment in displaced proximal humeral fractures with promising results,the fibular autograft donor site often sustains significant trauma and cannot restore the articular surface of comminuted fractures.The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes of a locking plate and crest bone autologous graft for treating proximal humerus comminuted fractures.Methods We assessed the functional outcomes and complication rates in 40 patients with proximal humerus comminuted fractures.Eighteen patients were treated with a locking plate and an autologous crest bone graft (experimental group),and 22 were treated with only the locking plate and no bone graft (control group).Postoperative assessments included radiographic imaging,range of motion analysis,pain level based on the visual analogue scale (VAS),and the SF-36 (Short Form (36) Health Survey),as well as whether patients could retum to their previous occupation.Results All fractures healed both clinically and radiologically in the experimental group.There was no more than 2 mm collapse of the humeral head,and no osteonecrosis or screw penetration of the articular surface.In contrast,two patients had a nonunion in the control group,and they eventually accepted total shoulder replacements.The average time from surgery to radiographic union was significantly shorter in the experimental group ((4.66±1.63) months) compared with the control group ((5.98±1.57) months) (P <0.05).For the experimental versus controls groups,the mean shoulder active flexion (148.00±18.59 vs.121.73±17.20) degrees,extension (49.00±2.22 vs.42.06±2.06) degrees,internal rotation (45.00±5.61 vs.35.00±3.55)degrees,external rotation (64.00±9.17 vs.52.14±5.73)degrees,and abduction (138.00±28.78 vs.105.95±15.66) degrees were all significantly higher (all P <0.001).The median SF-36 in the experimental group ((88.00±5.71) points) was significantly higher than that of the control group ((69.45±9.45) points; P <0.001).The median VAS pain level (mean rank,10.50) in the experimental group was lower than that (mean rank,47.19) of the control group (P <0.001).All but one patient (17 of 18,94.4%) in the experimental group returned to their previous activities or occupations,and that one patient changed to a different occupation because of slight restrictions to activities.On the other hand,four patients could not return to their previous activities or occupations in the control group.Conclusion Locking plate fixation combined with an iliac crest bone graft is an effective technique for treating proximal humerus comminuted fractures.
文摘Purpose: The results for fixation of comminuted posterior wall acetabular fractures are not very promising with reported complications in terms of osteoarthritis, nonunion and malunion which subsequently require conversion to total hip arthroplasty. The conversion to total hip arthroplasty is possible in patients over 50 years of age but not in younger patients. So this requires new methods for salvage of the native hip in young patients. Methods: There were six patients in our series with highly comminuted posterior wall acetabular frac- tures where the fragments were excised and the gap filled with tricortical anterior iliac-crest strut autograff, fixed with screws and plate. Results: Good results were achieved in four out of six patients analyzed clinically using the Merle d'Aubinge score modified by Matta and radiologically by Matta scoring. These patients have returned to original work and are walking independently. The good result in one patient deteriorated from good to poor between one and two years. One patient developed infection and excision arthroplasty was done, The graft incorporated well in five out of six patients. Conclusion: The use of iliac crest autograff is a better, advanced and promising technique as it provides a new wall to the weight bearing dome of the acetabulum for articulation with the femoral head. The rates of nonunion, malunion, post traumatic osteoarthritis are less as compared to the fixation of the comminuted fragments. The need for conversion to total hio arthroolastv is also less.