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Anatomical examination of the fibula: digital imaging study for osseointegrated implant installation
BACKGROUND: Free vascularized fibular flaps are commonly used in jaw reconstruction. CT scan images of the fibula are used in digital planning of jaw reconstruction. In order to fully describe the anatomy of the fibula, an imaging study of the fibula was undertaken. The purpose of the present study...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4349317/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25645158 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40463-015-0055-9 |
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author | Ide, Yoshiaki Matsunaga, Satoru Harris, Jeffrey Connell, Daniel O’ Seikaly, Hadi Wolfaardt, Johan |
author_facet | Ide, Yoshiaki Matsunaga, Satoru Harris, Jeffrey Connell, Daniel O’ Seikaly, Hadi Wolfaardt, Johan |
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description | BACKGROUND: Free vascularized fibular flaps are commonly used in jaw reconstruction. CT scan images of the fibula are used in digital planning of jaw reconstruction. In order to fully describe the anatomy of the fibula, an imaging study of the fibula was undertaken. The purpose of the present study was to examine the anatomical structure of the fibula using patient CT images. METHODS: The CT scan images of fibulae of 20 patients were used for the study. The results of the analysis showed that, of the widths, the anterior border of the fibula to the posterior surface was the largest dimension. The shape type analysis showed that the triangular type was most prominent near the head of the fibula, and the irregular type was most prominent towards the lateral malleolus. RESULTS: The results of height and width related to the long axis of implant installation showed that the width of the central section was the largest. With respect to the length of available bone volume, the length near the lateral malleolus was larger than that near the head of the fibula. The results showed that there were significant differences in size between male and female fibulae. CONCLUSION: The present study provides a CT scan based analysis of the anatomy of the fibula. Important information for the optimal site of installation of osseointegrated implants in fibular free flap reconstructions is also provided. |
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spelling | pubmed-43493172015-03-05 Anatomical examination of the fibula: digital imaging study for osseointegrated implant installation Ide, Yoshiaki Matsunaga, Satoru Harris, Jeffrey Connell, Daniel O’ Seikaly, Hadi Wolfaardt, Johan J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Original Research Article BACKGROUND: Free vascularized fibular flaps are commonly used in jaw reconstruction. CT scan images of the fibula are used in digital planning of jaw reconstruction. In order to fully describe the anatomy of the fibula, an imaging study of the fibula was undertaken. The purpose of the present study was to examine the anatomical structure of the fibula using patient CT images. METHODS: The CT scan images of fibulae of 20 patients were used for the study. The results of the analysis showed that, of the widths, the anterior border of the fibula to the posterior surface was the largest dimension. The shape type analysis showed that the triangular type was most prominent near the head of the fibula, and the irregular type was most prominent towards the lateral malleolus. RESULTS: The results of height and width related to the long axis of implant installation showed that the width of the central section was the largest. With respect to the length of available bone volume, the length near the lateral malleolus was larger than that near the head of the fibula. The results showed that there were significant differences in size between male and female fibulae. CONCLUSION: The present study provides a CT scan based analysis of the anatomy of the fibula. Important information for the optimal site of installation of osseointegrated implants in fibular free flap reconstructions is also provided. BioMed Central 2015-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4349317/ /pubmed/25645158 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40463-015-0055-9 Text en © Ide et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Article Ide, Yoshiaki Matsunaga, Satoru Harris, Jeffrey Connell, Daniel O’ Seikaly, Hadi Wolfaardt, Johan Anatomical examination of the fibula: digital imaging study for osseointegrated implant installation |
title | Anatomical examination of the fibula: digital imaging study for osseointegrated implant installation |
title_full | Anatomical examination of the fibula: digital imaging study for osseointegrated implant installation |
title_fullStr | Anatomical examination of the fibula: digital imaging study for osseointegrated implant installation |
title_full_unstemmed | Anatomical examination of the fibula: digital imaging study for osseointegrated implant installation |
title_short | Anatomical examination of the fibula: digital imaging study for osseointegrated implant installation |
title_sort | anatomical examination of the fibula: digital imaging study for osseointegrated implant installation |
topic | Original Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4349317/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25645158 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40463-015-0055-9 |
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