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Microvascular Reconstruction of the Condyle and the Ascending Ramus

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Today, temporomandibular joint (TMJ), condylar, and ascending ramus reconstruction can be performed with high accuracy as the recent new developments in diagnostic and surgical procedures now offer safe and reliable treatment concepts. Advances in diagnostic imaging facilitate treatment planning and the appropriate selection of reconstructive procedures (Figure 42.1).1 In general, nonvascularized grafts including costochondral, metatarsal, fibula, tibia, and iliac crest grafts are used. In an unfavorable soft tissue environment and especially in reconstructions of the condyle that also require reconstruction of larger aspects of the ascending ramus, an unpredictable resorption of the grafts may occur (Figure 42.2).

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery, New York, NY, USA

    Alex M. Greenberg DDS (Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Instructor, Assistant Attending, Associate Attending) (Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Instructor, Assistant Attending, Associate Attending)

  2. Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Alex M. Greenberg DDS (Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Instructor, Assistant Attending, Associate Attending) (Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Instructor, Assistant Attending, Associate Attending)

  3. Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Alex M. Greenberg DDS (Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Instructor, Assistant Attending, Associate Attending) (Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Instructor, Assistant Attending, Associate Attending)

  4. Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Alex M. Greenberg DDS (Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Instructor, Assistant Attending, Associate Attending) (Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Instructor, Assistant Attending, Associate Attending)

  5. Clinic for Reconstructive Surgery, Kantonsspital Basel, CH-4031, Basel, Switzerland

    Joachim Prein MD, DDS (Professor of Maxillofacial Surgery; and Head) (Professor of Maxillofacial Surgery; and Head)

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Schmelzeisen, R., Wilhelm Neukam, F. (2002). Microvascular Reconstruction of the Condyle and the Ascending Ramus. In: Greenberg, A.M., Prein, J. (eds) Craniomaxillofacial Reconstructive and Corrective Bone Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-22427-5_44

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