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Ogundipe et al. Plast Aesthet Res 2017;4:137-43 Plastic and
DOI: 10.20517/2347-9264.2017.41
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Immediate iliac bone graft reconstruction of

post ablative defect of benign mandibular

pathology - a systematic review

Olufemi K. Ogundipe , Olalere O. Gbolahan
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1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Pathology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220005, Nigeria.
2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Ibadan/University College Hospital, Ibadan 220284, Nigeria.
Correspondence to: Dr. Olufemi K. Ogundipe, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Pathology, Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-Ife 220005, Nigeria. E-mail: olufemikola@yahoo.co.uk
How to cite this article: Ogundipe OK, Gbolahan OO. Immediate iliac bone graft reconstruction of post ablative defect of benign mandibular pathology - a
systematic review. Plast Aesthet Res 2017;4:137-43.

Dr. Olufemi K. Ogundipe obtained the fellowship of the West African College of Surgeons, Faculty of Oral
Maxillofacial Surgery/Dental Surgery and was appointed as a Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon in
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He also received certificate of super
specialization training in invasive traumatology, orthognathic surgery, TMJ Surgery, Laser Surgery and Implant
Surgery from Department of Mund, Kiefer und Gesichtschirurgie, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus Feldkirch,
Austria. He is a senior lecturer in the Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Pathology, Faculty of
Dentistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT
Article history: Aim: Autogenous iliac crest bone graft is frequently used in immediate reconstruction of
Received: 31-05-2017 post ablation defect of benign mandibular pathologies. The aim of this study was to conduct
Accepted: 22-08-2017 a systematic literature review on the complication and failure rates with this technique
Published: 29-08-2017 and factors associated with failure. Methods: The initial literature search in PubMed and
Cochrane databases identified 915 articles. Result: Of these, 7 were included in the final
Key words: review. The majority of the studies were retrospective in nature. These articles encompassed
Benign pathology, 127 procedures with non-vascularized iliac crest bone graft; with complication rate of 13.3%
mandibular reconstruction, and failure rate of 3.1%, most complications did not result in failure. All failures were due to
bone graft, infection with no main factor associated with failure. Conclusion: Use of non-vascularized
iliac crest, iliac crest bone graft for immediate mandibular reconstruction appears to be associated with
non-vascularized, low complication and failure rates in carefully selected cases.
immediate reconstruction

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