Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Sci Rep. 2022 May 9;12(1):7538. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-11200-0.
The objective of this retrospective study is to verify the effectiveness and safety of patient-specific titanium implants on maxillofacial bones, with a long-term follow-up. Total 16 patients with various maxillofacial defects underwent reconstruction using patient-specific titanium implants. Titanium implants, manufactured by electron beam melting, selective laser sintering, or milling, were inserted into the maxilla, mandible, or zygoma. Long-term follow-up (36.7 ± 20.1 months) was conducted after the surgery. Bone fusion of the titanium implant body, postoperative infection, implant malunion, functional results, patient satisfaction, subsidence, osteolysis around the implants, and complications were recorded and analyzed at the last follow-up. Of the 28 implants, only one failed to unite with the bone; therefore, revision surgery was performed. No osteolysis or subsidence around the titanium implants nor adverse events were observed; the mean VAS score for satisfaction was 9. All patients enrolled in this trial were esthetically and functionally satisfied with their surgical results, and fixation failure and esthetic dissatisfaction complications were well resolved. Patient-specific titanium showed satisfactory outcomes when used to treat various oral and maxillofacial defects. A 3D printed titanium implant can be effectively used in the reconstruction of the zygoma and mandible instead of autogenous bone without donor site morbidity.
本回顾性研究旨在验证长期随访的个体化钛植入物在颌面骨中的有效性和安全性。共有 16 名各种颌面缺损的患者接受了个体化钛植入物的重建。通过电子束熔化、选择性激光烧结或铣削制造的钛植入物被插入上颌、下颌或颧骨。术后进行长期随访(36.7±20.1 个月)。最后一次随访时记录并分析了钛植入体与骨的融合情况、术后感染、植入体愈合不良、功能结果、患者满意度、下沉、植入物周围骨溶解以及并发症。28 个植入物中,只有一个未与骨融合,因此进行了翻修手术。未观察到钛植入物周围的骨溶解或下沉,也未观察到任何不良事件;满意度的平均 VAS 评分为 9 分。所有参与本试验的患者对手术结果均在美学和功能上满意,固定失败和美学不满意并发症得到了很好的解决。个体化钛在治疗各种口腔颌面缺损方面显示出良好的效果。3D 打印钛植入物可有效用于颧骨和下颌骨的重建,而不会产生供区并发症。