van der Meij AJ, Baart JA, Prahl-Andersen B, Valk J, Kostense PJ, Tuinzing DB. Computed tomography in evaluation of early secondary bone grafting.
Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1994;
23:132-6. [PMID:
7930764 DOI:
10.1016/s0901-5027(05)80286-3]
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Abstract
Computed tomography (CT) was used to determine the fate of the bone graft in cleft lip and palate patients. Eight right-sided unilateral cleft lip and palate patients from the Free University Hospital in Amsterdam, treated with early, secondary bone grafting, were evaluated immediately after the operation and 1 year postoperatively. Approximately 70% of the volume of transplanted iliac crest bone was still present in the cleft area after 1 year.
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