Condyle dislocation following mandibular reconstruction using a fibula free flap: complication cases

• DOI: 10.1186/s40902-019-0197-1
• Publication Date: 2019-04-01T00:12:22Z
• Authors: Sang-Hoon Kang; Sanghoon Lee; Woong Nam
• Keywords: Mandible (arthropod mouthpart)

Condylar dislocation can arise as a complication in patients who required mandibular and/or condylar reconstruction and were operated on with fibula free flap (FFF) using surgical guides designed simulation surgery. Surgeons should be aware of the complications these present cases when planning performing reconstructions well predicting prognoses. Two showed FFF fixed plate. Three mini-plate. Despite lack clinical symptoms following an FFF, condyle was severely displaced away from glenoid fossa. A surgeon must have sufficient time to consider use long thickness similar that mandible, ways minimize span bending, methods fixation. The patient, moreover, educated dislocation. Customized CAD/CAM-prototyped temporomandibular condyle-connected plates may good alternative even if virtual surgery is performed before These considerations help reduce incidence after reconstruction.