Planning of physiotherapeutic procedure in patients after mandible reconstruction taking into account donor site: a literature review
Julia Walatek,
Andrzej Myśliwiec,
Łukasz Krakowczyk
et al.
Abstract:Background
Mandible tumors are very rare. One of the main methods of the treatments is resection of the tumor and then reconstruction of the mandible. The donor site is often distant tissue—fibula or ilium. Following this, it is necessary to improve the patient in two ways, on one hand restoring the function of the mandible, and on the other hand, improving the donor site area. For that reason, physiotherapy after tumor resection and reconstruction of the mandible is very complicated. The aim o… Show more
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