Purpose: To present our experience with the management of 33 extensive mandibular ameloblastomas treated with segmental mandibulectomy, reconstruction with free fibula or iliac crest flap, and rehabilitation with immediate or…
Introduction: Regular over-ordering of cross-matched blood is expensive and can result in a shortage of available blood. In order to minimize the impact on an already over-stretched transfusion service, the…
Background and objectives: The ALT has become one of the first choices for reconstruction in defects involving the oral cavity and oropharynx. Or aim is to review the indications for…
Introduction: It is recognized that simulation can be used to aid the training of surgeons. Many courses give participants a certificate of completion rather than one of competence or proficiency….
Background and objectives: Reconstruction of jaw defects secondary to resections represents a surgical challenge. Mandibulectomy associated to soft tissues is usually required, bringing different degrees of esthetic and functional alterations….
Background: The benefits of induction chemotherapy in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) remain to be clearly defined, as trials to date have not shown a major survival benefit when induction…
Oral propranolol (PRN) has recently been shown to be highly effective for infantile hemangiomas (IHs), and is currently recommended as the first-line treatment of complicated IHs. However, no pharmacokinetic parameters…
Objective: To investigate the expression of Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin type 2 (TRPM2) in the human tongue squamous cell carcinoma tissues and SCC cell lines. The effect of activated and…
Purpose: To value the therapeutic effect of PUMA gene mediated by by radiation-inducible promoters in the treatment of Xenograft of human tongue squamous carcinoma in naked mice. Methods: Eukaryotic cell…
Introduction: Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) is gaining acceptance as a standard management of early head and neck cancer. Occult nodal metastasis occur in 20–30% of clinically and radiologically N0 necks….
