van der Meij A J, Baart J A, Prahl-Andersen B, Valk J, Kostense P J, Tuinzing D B
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Teaching Hospital of the Free University in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1994 Jun;23(3):132-6. doi: 10.1016/s0901-5027(05)80286-3.
Computed tomography (CT) was used to determine the fate of the bone graft in cleft lip and palate patients. Eight right-sided unilateral cleft lip and palate patients from the Free University Hospital in Amsterdam, treated with early, secondary bone grafting, were evaluated immediately after the operation and 1 year postoperatively. Approximately 70% of the volume of transplanted iliac crest bone was still present in the cleft area after 1 year.
