K E Blackwell1, V Lacombe. 1. Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Lateral oromandibular reconstruction using a soft tissue free flap with a first-generation locking mandibular reconstruction plate (MRP) was rejected in a previous series by the senior author (K.E.B.) owing to a high incidence of delayed plate extrusion through the cheek skin. OBJECTIVE: To reexamine this method of reconstruction using a second-generation, low-profile MRP. PATIENTS AND DESIGN: A prospective case series of 27 patients with segmental defects of the lateral mandible after treatment of head and neck cancer. SETTING: An academic tertiary care referral center. INTERVENTION: All patients had mandibular continuity restored using the Leibinger Locking System (Stryker Leibinger Inc, Kalamazoo, Mich) MRP. Associated soft tissue defects were repaired using radial forearm (n = 22) or rectus abdominis (n= 5) free flaps. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Incidence of hardware-related complications. RESULTS: All microvascular flap transfers were successful. One patient experienced a plate fracture 9 months after reconstruction. Only 1 patient experienced external plate exposure, 6 months after undergoing reconstruction of a through-and-through defect. Reconstruction was successful in 25 (93%) of the cases after a median follow-up period of 19.5 months. CONCLUSIONS: The high incidence of external plate exposure in patients undergoing lateral oromandibular reconstruction using soft tissue free flaps and first-generation locking MRPs may have resulted from a plate geometry that was prone to result in extrusion. After a similar length of follow-up, the incidence of reconstructive failure was reduced by using a low-profile, rounded-contour MRP. Final assessment of the durability of this technique will require long-term follow-up.
BACKGROUND: Lateral oromandibular reconstruction using a soft tissue free flap with a first-generation locking mandibular reconstruction plate (MRP) was rejected in a previous series by the senior author (K.E.B.) owing to a high incidence of delayed plate extrusion through the cheek skin. OBJECTIVE: To reexamine this method of reconstruction using a second-generation, low-profile MRP. PATIENTS AND DESIGN: A prospective case series of 27 patients with segmental defects of the lateral mandible after treatment of head and neck cancer. SETTING: An academic tertiary care referral center. INTERVENTION: All patients had mandibular continuity restored using the Leibinger Locking System (Stryker Leibinger Inc, Kalamazoo, Mich) MRP. Associated soft tissue defects were repaired using radial forearm (n = 22) or rectus abdominis (n= 5) free flaps. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Incidence of hardware-related complications. RESULTS: All microvascular flap transfers were successful. One patient experienced a plate fracture 9 months after reconstruction. Only 1 patient experienced external plate exposure, 6 months after undergoing reconstruction of a through-and-through defect. Reconstruction was successful in 25 (93%) of the cases after a median follow-up period of 19.5 months. CONCLUSIONS: The high incidence of external plate exposure in patients undergoing lateral oromandibular reconstruction using soft tissue free flaps and first-generation locking MRPs may have resulted from a plate geometry that was prone to result in extrusion. After a similar length of follow-up, the incidence of reconstructive failure was reduced by using a low-profile, rounded-contour MRP. Final assessment of the durability of this technique will require long-term follow-up.
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