Results of bone grafting after rigid fixation.

Results of bone grafting in ten cases of primary mandibular reconstruction using rib grafts and 62 cases of secondary mandibular reconstruction using iliac bone grafts or rib transplants are reported. Two (20%) of the primary transplants were lost and one of the secondary transplants was totally lost and another was partially lost (3.2%) because of infection. All other transplants healed without infection. Pseudarthrosis was observed in 30% of the cases after primary reconstruction and in 15% of the cases after secondary reconstruction.