PubMed · 3277727
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D L Byrd. 1988. Mandibular ramus frame.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3277727/
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BACKGROUND: Management of osteoradionecrosis (ORN) remains a difficult and challenging problem. The traditional approach using debridement, antibiotics, and occasionally hyperbaric oxygen is usually successful in treating minimal ORN. However, when bone and soft-tissue necrosis is extensive, the conservative approach usually requires intensive care over a long period of time and often yields unsatisfactory functional and cosmetic results. METHODS: Within the past 5 years, we have used radical resection of the mandible with immediate microvascular reconstruction in the treatment of extensive ORN of the mandible. This aggressive surgical approach was used in six patients with advanced ORN of the mandible, all of whom had failed initial conservative treatment, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy in three. A fibular free graft with microvascular anastomosis was used in all patients. RESULTS: All the patients healed primarily with minimal postoperative morbidity and excellent cosmetic results. Two patients subsequently required removal of some of their hardware. One patient had placement of osseointegrated implants with an excellent cosmetic and functional result. CONCLUSION: Microvascular reconstruction with its own blood supply seems to expedite bone healing and limit further osteoradionecrosis of the remaining mandible. Although prevention is the primary goal in radiation injury, our experience suggests that radical resection with free microvascular reconstruction offers significant advantages to selected patients with extensive ORN of the mandible.
It is often desirable to insert a fixed provisional resin restoration at stage II surgery when the implants are uncovered. It satisfies the patient's esthetics, phonetics, and functional demands and helps create a good emergence profile for the healing gingival tissue. This article presents a procedure that enables the clinician to fabricate a full-arch maxillary provisional restoration for a fully edentulous patient, which can be delivered at second-stage surgery at the time of uncovering the implants.