Burns: Bone-Anchored, Extra-Oral Implantology

Extra-oral implants represent a valid alternative technique in aesthetic reconstruction of the craniofacial district in oncology surgery. Two female patients were selected; they were treated from December 2001 to June 2007 by implanting auricular epithesis. The age range was 27 years. They shared the same diagnosis: burns of the auricle-temporal region. The deformity in the auricle region and the complete absence of the pinna convinced the authors to choose this reconstructive method. Most patients showed a good stability of fixtures, epithesis and perimplants soft tissue, in some cases there has been a delay in the time to healing soft tissue perimplant and only one patient has removed the plant after 5 years cancer recurrence. No complications were observed, including bleeding and infections, in the postsurgery period. No report was made in any case of lesion of the facial nerve having the fixtures being positioned in the back and above the point of emergency.

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