Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (15): 2403-2408.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.15.018

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Rapid prototyped titanium plate combined with autologous cancellous bone graft repairs canine mandibular defects

Zhou Li-bin1, Wu Wei1, Wang Pei-lin1, Ding Rui-ying1, Han Hao-lun1, Li Bao-wei1, Wang Gang1, Wang Hong-nan1, Zhao Jin-long2, Liu Yan-pu2   

  1. 1 Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the 306th Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100101, China; 2 Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, the Fourth Military Medical University of Chinese PLA, Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China
  • Online:2014-04-09 Published:2014-04-09
  • Contact: Liu Yan-pu, M.D., Professor, Chief physician, Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, the Fourth Military Medical University of Chinese PLA, Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China
  • About author:Zhou Li-bin, M.D., Attending physician, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the 306th Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100101, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Rapid prototyping technique has been recently applied in the medical reconstruction and allows the production of individual implant for patients with tissue defects, achieving an accurate repair.
OBJECTIVE: To repair discontinuous mandibular defects in dogs using rapid prototyped titanium plate in combination with autologous cancellous bone graft.
METHODS: Nine hybrid canines were used, and the skull was scanned using spiral CT. Then CT data were used to construct three-dimensional digital model, in which virtual partial mandibulectomy was performed, and an individualized bone-grafting plate was designed. A titanium plate was manufactured using rapid prototyping and titanium casting. Animal experiment was then performed. A 40-mm discontinuous defect in the right mandibular body was created in the involved dogs. The defect was restored immediately using the customized plate in combination with autologous cancellous iliac blocks. Sequential radionuclide bone imaging, biomechanical testing, three-dimensional microcomputed tomographic scanning, radiology and histological examination were used to evaluate the turnover of the grafts.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A symmetric mandible was reconstructed using the rapid prototyped grafting plate. The grafted bone survived and got corticalized, while a fibrous intermedium was found between the bone graft and the plate. In the reconstruction of mandibular defects, optimal functional and aesthetic outcomes could be achieved using the rapid prototyped grafting plates. 



中国组织工程研究
杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松组织工程


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Key words: mandible, titanium, braces, ilium, bone transplantation, tomography, spiral computed

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