Reconstruction of intraoral defects is a challenging task which has known a progressive development from the use of prosthesis, to local, regional and free flaps. Although reconstruction with free flaps…
Background and objectives: Facial neuropathic pain is disabling for the patient and challenging for the clinician. Haemangioma is a benign vascular tumour common in childhood, characterized by abnormal endothelial proliferation,…
Background and objectives: Necrotizing fasciitis of the neck is a rare, progressive and life-threatening bacterial infection, usually polymicrobial, which spreads with frightening speed along the fascial planes and subcutaneous tissue,…
Background and objectives: Propofol is an intravenous anaesthesia agent with several advantages and usages in surgeries. But there are some reports regarding adverse effects and death with long-term or even…
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…
Background: Dentinogenic ghost cell tumours (DGCTs) are a rare subset of the odontogenic tumours. These DGCTs are described as ‘locally invasive neoplasms characterized by ameloblastoma-like islands of epithelial cells in…
BFP is special source of tissue for oral defect because of its location, rich vascularization and stem cells. Surgical anatomy and various applications of BFP flap for reconstruction of soft…
Background: Maternal oral infection has been associated with preeclampsia. This study was done to explore this association. Methods: Forty preeclamptic women and 40 normotensive pregnant women, both having oral infection,…
Writing a paper for publication in peer review journals is a challenging endeavour that requires patience and experience. This lecture will present some practical hints as to how to write…
Bone tissue ablation with laser became successful only recently: Er:YAG laser systems are used in dentoalveolar surgery. Besides experimentally proven increase of bone healing, major advantages of laser osteotomy are…
Neuropathic pain is nerve pain may occur following mechanical, chemical, metabolic or thermal injury of a sensory nerve. Microneurosurgery of the trigeminal nerve is an elective injury of a sensory…
