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Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg
; 34(2): 202-7, 2005 Mar.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15695052
RESUMEN
Recent reports on orthopaedic surgery focus on mechanical stimulation of the regenerate during distraction therapy of non-unions in long-bone-surgery. In the field of maxillofacial surgery, callus stimulating techniques are rarely reported. The case of a 65-year-old man with a radiogenic mandibular non-union after ablative tumour therapy and pre-operative radiation therapy presented with a non-union. Vertical distraction in combination with subsequent repeated, stepwise compression and distraction (=massage) had a positive effect on the consolidation of the regenerate.