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Bone formation with free periosteal grafts in reconstruction of congenital maxillary clefts. 1976

V Ritsilä, and S Alhopuro, and A Rintala

In a series of 23 patients free grafts of tibial periosteum have been used in the reconstrlction of 26 congenital maxillary clefts. In 23 (88.5%) of these clefts, rapid bone formation occurred at the transplantation site overbridging the bone defect in 20 (77%) of the clefts. The permanent value of these bone bridges has not yet been solved. Nevertheless, this operation has demonstrated the strong osteogenic capacity of free periosteal grafts suggesting their use also in other fields, where bony fusion or reconstruction of other defects is needed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D010012	Osteogenesis	The process of bone formation. Histogenesis of bone including ossification.	Bone Formation,Ossification, Physiologic,Endochondral Ossification,Ossification,Ossification, Physiological,Osteoclastogenesis,Physiologic Ossification,Endochondral Ossifications,Ossification, Endochondral,Ossifications,Ossifications, Endochondral,Osteoclastogeneses,Physiological Ossification
D010521	Periosteum	Thin outer membrane that surrounds a bone. It contains CONNECTIVE TISSUE, CAPILLARIES, nerves, and a number of cell types.
D002971	Cleft Lip	Congenital defect in the upper lip where the maxillary prominence fails to merge with the merged medial nasal prominences. It is thought to be caused by faulty migration of the mesoderm in the head region.	Harelip,Cleft Lips,Harelips,Lip, Cleft,Lips, Cleft
D002972	Cleft Palate	Congenital fissure of the soft and/or hard palate, due to faulty fusion.	Cleft Palate, Isolated,Cleft Palates,Palate, Cleft,Palates, Cleft
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013977	Tibia	The second longest bone of the skeleton. It is located on the medial side of the lower leg, articulating with the FIBULA laterally, the TALUS distally, and the FEMUR proximally.	Tibias
D014182	Transplantation, Autologous	Transplantation of an individual's own tissue from one site to another site.	Autografting,Autologous Transplantation,Autotransplantation,Autograftings,Autologous Transplantations,Autotransplantations,Transplantations, Autologous