ABSTRACT
This review of contemporary techniques in facial bone reconstruction is written from
the perspective of its specific application to defects from benign or malignant tumor
resection. These bone defects pose unique reconstructive considerations because of
their frequently large size, exposure to the oral cavity and paranasal sinuses, and
potentially compromised wound beds due to radiation or loss of soft tissue lining,
or both. The role of vascularized bone flaps, allograft bone, metal plating techniques
with advances in fixation biomaterial technology, and distraction osteogenesis is
discussed for these facial bone defects.
KEYWORDS
Free flap bone reconstruction - rigid fixation - bone grafts - distraction osteogenesis
