[Benign tumors and mandibular resection. The place of resection grafts in the treatment of benign tumors of the mandible].

Data were analyzed from case-reports of 80 patients undergoing resection graft procedures for benign mandibular tumors, and operated upon and followed up in the Stomatology and maxillo-facial surgical Unit, Hospital Salpêtrière, Paris from 1970 to 1984. In 27 cases surgery was by first intention; in the others it followed one or several previous operations, their multiplicity sensibly affecting the decision to operate and the development of postoperative suppurations.