Alveolar-anterior Maxillary Cleft Repair
The standard of care in patients who have a complete cleft is to perform secondary bone grafting of the absent bone in the alveolus and anterior maxilla with autogenous cancellous…
The standard of care in patients who have a complete cleft is to perform secondary bone grafting of the absent bone in the alveolus and anterior maxilla with autogenous cancellous…
With the exception of those special cases of clefts associated with holoprosencephaly, wherein there exists true tissue hypoplasia, the anomalies observed in labiomaxillary clefts result essentially from displacement, deformation, and…
Cleft lip and palate is considered to be the most common facial birth defect worldwide. Attempts to repair these deformities date back to the sixteenth century. In 1552, Jacques Houllier…
The complexity of a bilateral cleft lip repair must be well understood by any surgeon performing this procedure. Multiple factors play a role in the difficulty that one must overcome…
The comprehensive treatment of cleft lip and palate deformities requires thoughtful consideration of the anatomic complexities of the deformity, and the delicate balance between intervention and growth. The surgical reconstruction…
Direct laryngoscopy remains the technique of choice for placing an endotracheal tube (ETT). However, alternative techniques are needed for the difficult airway or unsuccessful intubation. Retrograde intubation may be used…
Tracheotomy is one of the most commonly performed procedures in critically ill patients. This article describes in particular the use of percutaneous dilatational tracheotomy. A brief history is included. Airway…
Tracheotomy is a surgical procedure that dates back to early history and medical advancement. The oral and maxillofacial surgeon routinely operates around the airway and should be able to master…
Establishment of an unobstructed airway and adequate oxygenation is a basic tenet of life support. Mechanical or anatomic airway obstructions can arise secondary to trauma, pathology, foreign bodies, and infection….
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons use in-office anesthesia techniques on a daily basis more than any other specialty outside anesthesiology. Despite the magnitude of the number of patients who receive deep…
Recognizing a potentially difficult airway is important in avoiding a life-threatening emergency. There are 2 separate scenarios for considering the difficult airway: difficult mask ventilation (DMV) and difficult tracheal intubation…
In the field of craniofacial surgery, different surgical methods for treating skull-base lesions have evolved. A thorough understanding of the microsurgical and functional anatomy of the anterior skull base is…
Approximately 5% of patients presenting to a level 1 trauma center in the United States will have sustained basilar skull injuries. The etiology of frontobasilar trauma is variable but is…