Horizontal alveolar transport osteogenesis (HATO) in case of marginal mandibular resection or inferior maxillectomy

Accepted 30 October 2009. published online 03 December 2009.

Abstract

We report two new techniques for the reconstruction of maxillary and mandibular defects: horizontal alveolar transport osteogenesis and the miniplate-guided transport osteogenesis.

Keywords: Transport osteogenesis, Bifocal distraction osteogenesis, Maxillary, mandibular defects, Horizontal alveolar distraction osteogenesis, Reconstruction

a Department of Oral and Maxillofacial-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Infanta Cristina, Badajoz, Spain

b Department of Oral and Maxillofacial-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain

Corresponding author at: Calle Los Yébenes 35, 8C, 28047 Madrid, Spain.

PII: S0266-4356(09)00608-1

doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.10.026

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