Background and objectives: Hypertension is a multifactorial clinical condition, with high rates of complications, considered one of the greatest public health problems worldwide. Hypertension alters calcium regulation pattern provoking bone…
Background: Orbital exenteration, usually held in the neoplastic context, allows local control of the disease, but is a highly disfiguring procedure, with a high visual, psychological and social impact. Reconstruction…
Background: Ranula is a clinical term used to designate a mucocele that usually occurs in the floor of the mouth. Submandibular gland mucocele is extremely rare, with only 11 cases…
Background and objectives: Like many of our international colleagues, UK Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons are dually qualified. Whilst traditionally the pathway starts with dentistry and medicine as a second degree,…
Background and objectives: Risk of bias is an important factor in interpreting research results. Therefore, risk of bias of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS) over…
Background and objectives: Necrotizing fasciitis is a severe soft tissue infection that can affect the cervicofacial region. The management requires aggressive surgical debridement under general anaesthesia and supportive therapy. In…
Background and objectives: Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is an opportunistic invasive fungal infection with elevated mortality rate, caused by fungus of the order Mucorales, which generally affects immunocompromised patients, poorly controlled diabetes…
Objectives: Comparing the accuracy of USS and USS + FNAC as investigative modalities of staging neck disease in head and neck SCC. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Method: A retrospective cohort…
Background and objectives: Necrotizing fasciitis is a severe and very aggressive form of head and neck infection, which represents a real danger for the patient’s life. In this study, we…
Objectives: This retrospective study aims at analyzing the aetiology, pattern and management of odontogenic maxillofacial infections (OMI) presenting at the Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre. Methods: A random selection of 72…
