Kim Erinn N, Graham Emily M, Tuncer Fatma B, Yamashiro Duane K, Siddiqi Faizi A, Gociman Barbu R
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Drs. Erinn N. Kim and Emily M. Graham contributed equally to this work.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2020 Nov 24;8(11):e3214. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003214. eCollection 2020 Nov.
For secondary alveolar bone grafting in cleft patients, the success of bone graft take is dependent upon creating an ideal environment for both bony and soft tissue healing. This is particularly challenging in patients with existing fistulas, wide clefts, and bilateral alveolar clefts, where large soft tissue mobilization is required to get a tensionless repair, and micro-motion around the bone graft is significantly higher. Herein we describe our method for manufacture and placement of a custom postoperative maxillary splint following secondary alveolar bone grafting. Our splint encompasses the palate and alveolus to stabilize the maxillary arch and protect the incision lines during healing. We find our splint to be a useful adjunct to facilitate postoperative healing following secondary alveolar bone grafting.
对于腭裂患者的二期牙槽骨植骨,骨移植成活的成功取决于为骨组织和软组织愈合创造理想的环境。这对于存在瘘管、宽腭裂和双侧牙槽裂的患者尤其具有挑战性,在这些情况下,需要进行大范围的软组织松动以实现无张力修复,并且骨移植周围的微动明显更高。在此,我们描述了二期牙槽骨植骨后定制上颌术后夹板的制作和放置方法。我们的夹板覆盖腭部和牙槽,以稳定上颌牙弓并在愈合过程中保护切口线。我们发现我们的夹板是促进二期牙槽骨植骨术后愈合的有用辅助工具。