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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ISSN: 2643-3907

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Desai J, Smit C (2018) The Use of Allogenic Human Demineralised Humerus as a Mandibular Reconstructive Conduit: A Novel Technique. Int Arch Oral Maxillofac Surg 2:018. 10.23937/iaoms-2017/1710018

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© 2018 Desai J, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

BRIEF REPORT | OPEN ACCESS DOI: 10.23937/iaoms-2017/1710018

The Use of Allogenic Human Demineralised Humerus as a Mandibular Reconstructive Conduit: A Novel Technique

Jameel Desai1* and Coelette Smit2

1Consultant and Senior Lecturer, Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, University of Pretoria, South Africa

2Consultant and Director, Advanced Orofacial Surgery, Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa

Abstract

Reconstructing mandibular defects after trauma or ablative surgery is reliably done with compressed autogenous cortical and cancellous particulate bone. We present the use of a demineralised allogenic humerus shaft as a conduit for the autogenous particulate bone. This technique simplifies surgery, is less morbid for the patient, the graft also resembles the remaining native mandible and reduces overall treatment cost for such patients.