Background : Oral dental rehabilitation after ablative surgery in head and neck cancer is demanding. Besides soft tissue deficiencies due to resection and scarring, bony reconstruction has an important impact…
Background and objectives : The reconstruction of TMJ after tumour resection is still challenging. It is because of complex anatomy and function of this region and imperfect reconstruction modalities. Nowadays…
Communication between the surgeon, the pathologist and the radiation oncologist is improved by a virtual model of the final resection combining 3D imaging with computer aided navigation. In this pilot…
Objectives : The foramen tympanicum or foramen of Huschke is a persistent anatomic variation of the temporal bone due to a defect in ossification normal bone physiology in neonatal or…
Background/Objectives : Microvascular fibular free flap reconstruction of the maxillofacial complex is a popular method to return form and function after traumatic and pathologic tissue ablation. We hypothesized that computer-assisted…
The zenith of medical knowledge and its systematic organisation in the ancient Greek-Roman world reached its pinnacle in Galen in the 2nd century AD. The decline that followed was accentuated…
Introduction : Autologous fat grafts have gained popularity among Cranio-Maxillofacial surgeons within the past years, since clinical works by Coleman and others, have shown that it is possible by careful…
Introduction : Poly- l -lactic acid is a synthetic material belonging to the family of α-hydroxyl acids, with several applications in medicine, ranging from nanomedicine to resorbable osteosynthesis material. As…
Purpose : Fat grafts have always represented a challenge in terms of inducing the necessary neoangiogenesis, which results in significant resorption. This study was designed to compare the efficiency of…
Facial feminization surgery encompasses a series of surgical techniques derived from Plastic and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, the objective of which is to soften the facial features that are generally perceived as…
Introduction : Following parotidectomy patients develop progressive significant facial defect. Such defects have traditionally been corrected by sternocleidomastoid, temperoparietal fascial, SMAS flaps and fascia lata flaps. These flaps are not…
Temporalis Muscle flap was reported to be first used in 1898 by Golovine in the reconstruction of exenterated orbit. Since, it has been used in a variety of application for…
Facial rehabilitation is one of the greatest challenges in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Generally benign tumours resections are responsible for a major bone and soft tissue loss, originating extensive defects,…
Introduction : Defects caused by grade II and III osteoradionecrosis (ORN) present a difficult reconstructive problem. Often tissues are of poor quality and recipient vessels for free flap anastomosis can…
Background and objectives : The pedicled submandibular gland flap is an arterialized local flap in the head and neck region with an axial blood supply provided by the facial artery….
Costochondral grafts have gained increasing popularity among oral surgeons in reconstructing the mandibular condyle in cases, such as ameloblastoma. Seven patients with mandible ameloblastoma were treated with resection and immediate…
Background : Upper maxillary reconstruction of oncological defects remains a challenge for both aesthetic and functional reasons. Objective : Assess the results after using different reconstructive techniques. Methods : A…
Several lesions occurring at the mandible require as the treatment of choice to minimize recurrence, an extensive resection with security margin. The rehabilitation of those patients promotes a great challenge…
Background : The platysma myocutaneous pedicled flap is not commonly used in head and neck reconstruction, but should be considered for reconstruction of small and medium-sized defects in the oral…
Background and objectives : Conventional maxillofacial reconstruction often leads to suboptimal results due to inaccurate planning or surgical difficulties in adjusting a free flap into a three-dimensional defect. Conversely, flap…
