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Sagittal split osteotomy of a vascularised iliac crest free flap to correct residual asymmetry and malocclusion in the reconstructed mandible.

Visavadia BG, Heliotis M, Sneddon KJ, Lavery KM, Brown AE

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Maxillofacial Unit, Queen Victoria Hospital, Holtye Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 3DZ, UK. Drbhavin@aol.com

Reconstruction of the mandible with a vascularised bone graft from the iliac crest based on the deep circumflex iliac artery is an established and reliable technique. We report two cases in which mandibular asymmetry followed reconstruction with such grafts and was corrected by sagittal split osteotomies.

Published 28 December 2004 in Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 43(1): 65-7.
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