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Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

  • P-ISSN2234-7550
  • E-ISSN2234-5930
  • SCOPUS, KCI, ESCI

Discovering the abstruse: reverse marginal mandibulectomy

Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons / Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, (P)2234-7550; (E)2234-5930
2026, v.52 no.3, pp.155-159
https://doi.org/10.5125/jkaoms.2026.52.3.155
Rajendra Toprani (HCG Aastha Cancer Centre, HCG- Health Care Global, Ahmedabad, India)
Padminii Ellapakurthi (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Karnavati School of Dentistry, Gandhinagar, India)
Ashay Shah (Department of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, HCG Aastha Cancer Centre, Ahmedabad, India)
Ramanarayana Boyapati (Department of Periodontology, Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences, Guntur, India)
Aditya Mohan Alwala (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MNR Dental College and Hospital, Sangareddy, India)

Abstract

Tumours involving the bones of maxillofacial region requires elaborate surgical skills and experience for managing the complexity. Treatment planning majorly depends on the extent of bone involvement, type of erosion and involvement of para mandibular soft tissue. Pertaining to mandible in this paper, marginal and segmental mandibulectomies are the predominant options which are oncologically safe practices done by surgeons. Here we report a case of a patient, who was treated with technique of reverse marginal mandibulectomy. He had a unique presentation of tumour abutting the lower border of mandible with the erosion limited to the outer cortex along with a huge extra nodal growth. This sparsely used technique was performed post neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by microvascular reconstruction. We intend to draw attention to this hermetic technique as an oncological safe and reliable alternative for a specific group of patients.

keywords
Types of marginal mandibulectomy, Reverse marginal mandibulectomy, Mandibular erosion, Extra-nodal involvement, Technique

Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons