PubMed · 4922425
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B N Epker. 1970. Preprosthetic mandibular augmentation.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4922425/
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We present a case of reconstruction of severe aplasia cutis congenita. Initial treatment with silver sulphadiazine dressings failed and local scalp repair of the defect at age 3 months also failed to provide a stable reconstruction. At age 9 months the infant was experiencing increasing apparent hydrocephalus, shunt infection and brain herniation. The definitive reconstruction was performed with a split rib cranioplasty and a free latissimus dorsi muscle flap. The reconstruction was successful and the infant has a normal head shape and no neurological deficit 12 months postoperatively.
Patients who have undergone anterior cervical spine fusion with an iliac bone graft frequently experience donor site pain after surgery. We found that an effective technique to avoid donor site pain is to round off the corners of the iliac crest with an air drill after harvesting the graft.
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