Nasolabial Flaps in the Treatment of MRONJ

Nasolabial Flaps in the Treatment of MRONJ

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Anna Onderková
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department, VFN, General University Hospital & Charles University, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

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Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) occurs as a side effect of several drug classes, including antiresorptives and antiangiogenics. Its treatment may be approached in a number of different ways. The report below outlines a notable surgical case wherein sequestrectomy (with the aid of fluorescence and a Visually Enhanced Lesion Scope) was paired with concurrent reconstruction using a nasolabial fold flap to cover a large osteonecrosis lesion.

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Case Report
Publication history
Received: Thu 26, Sep 2019
Accepted: Mon 21, Oct 2019
Published: Thu 31, Oct 2019
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© 2023 Anna Onderková. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2019.05.08