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March 3, 2026International Journal of Surgery0 citationsOpen Access

Smaller safe surgical margin for resecting mandibular ameloblastomas in digitally assisted surgery

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ZYZi-Li YuLCLei ChenCDChun-Bo Dou

Key Points

  • A 6-mm surgical margin leads to a 4.0% positive margin risk in mandibular ameloblastomas, indicating effective precision.
  • Digital surgical guidance enables millimeter-level accuracy during the resection procedure, improving outcomes.
  • Lowering the surgical margin can balance the need for cancer removal with functional preservation in patients.
  • Practical minimum benchmarks for surgical margins are vital for optimizing surgical strategies and patient quality of life.

Abstract

Digital surgical guidance achieves millimeter-level precision in resecting mandibular ameloblastomas. Even with a planned 6-mm bone margin, a 4.0% positive margin risk remains; however, this distance can be considered a practical minimum benchmark for balancing oncological radicality and functional preservation.

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Yu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a75d00c6e9836116a265bdhttps://doi.org/10.1097/js9.0000000000004858
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