Evaluation of long-term functional donor-site morbidity after deep circumflex iliac crest artery bone flap harvest.

Purpose: Free flap surgery can be associated with donor-site morbidity. The purpose of this study was to analyze long-term functional outcomes at the donor site after deep circumflex iliac artery (DCIA) bone flap harvesting.

Methods: Fourteen patients (8 men and 6 women, mean age 53.

Functional donor site morbidity longer than one year after fibula free flap: A prospective biomechanical analysis.

Objectives: The fibula free flap is the workhorse procedure for osseous reconstruction. The objective of this study was to investigate long-term functional outcomes of the harvesting site.

Patients And Methods: About 19 patients (10 male, 9 female, mean age 58.

Increasing the accuracy of mandibular reconstruction with free fibula flaps using functionalized selective laser-melted patient-specific implants: A retrospective multicenter analysis.

In this study, selective laser melted patient specific functional implants (PSFI) were utilised in combination with a fibula free flap, for mandible reconstruction. The shape and length of the PSFI, the shaping of fibula graft, its angulation and the length of the screws, were virtually planned before the surgery. Information, such as resection margin and screw lengths, were coded on the implant.