abstract：:Vascular anomalies are amongst the most common congenital abnormalities observed in infants and children. Their occurrence in the head and neck region is a source of functional and aesthetic compromise. This article reviews the surgical management of 115 cases of vascular anomalies involving the head and neck area tre...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Nair SC,Spencer NJ,Nayak KP,Balasubramaniam K

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes current knowledge and experience with piezosurgery, a promising, meticulous and soft tissue-sparing system for bone cutting, based on ultrasonic microvibrations. The main advantages of piezosurgery include soft tissue protection, optimal visibility in the surgical field, decreased blood loss, le...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Pavlíková G,Foltán R,Horká M,Hanzelka T,Borunská H,Sedý J

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmucosal fixation is a new strategy for the treatment of edentulous mandibular fractures using external fixation principles within the oral cavity. The component parts of this technique are not new. External fixation, locking plates and transmucosal implants represent the foundations of this technique; the authors...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Wood GA,Campbell DF,Greene LE

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After tooth extraction the healing process involves bone resorption and soft tissue contraction, events that can compromise the ideal implant placement with functional and aesthetic limitations. Following tooth extraction, a socket preservation technique can limit bone resorption. This study evaluated two different ty...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Checchi V,Savarino L,Montevecchi M,Felice P,Checchi L

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synchronous multicentric osteosarcoma (SMO) is rare with fewer than 100 well-documented cases in the medical literature. SMO affecting the jaw is even rarer with only three cases involving the mandible having been reported. SMO in the maxilla has not been previously reported. The authors report the first case of SMO i...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Zhang Q,Li Y,Gao N,Huang Y,Li LJ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rehabilitation of the edentulous patient with atrophic ridges is a problem especially when compounded with a severe prognathic inter-arch relationship. It is difficult to rehabilitate these patients prosthetically without correction of the malrelation of the jaws. The established surgical techniques for correcting com...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Malik NA,Kumar VV,Bora P

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Le Fort I osteotomy is commonly used to rectify craniofacial deformity in orthognathic surgery and it can be used in approaching a cranial base lesion. This technique has not been well documented in craniofacial penetrating trauma. This article describes a case of midface penetrating injury caused by a grinding wheel....

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Jiang WH,Wang XD,Shen GF

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the prevalence of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in peri-implantitis and mucositis sites and the correlation between herpesvirus and clinical parameters. Fifty-six dental implants (mean time of loading, 4.27±1.6 years) were evaluated (20 peri-implantitis, 18 mucositis, 1...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Jankovic S,Aleksic Z,Dimitrijevic B,Lekovic V,Camargo P,Kenney B

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histological fate of abdominal dermis-fat grafts implanted into the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) following condylectomy was studied. 21 rabbits underwent left TMJ discectomies and condylectomies; 6 were controls (Group A; no graft used); 15 (Group B) had autogenous abdominal grafts transplanted into the left TMJ....

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Dimitroulis G,Slavin J,Morrison W

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 5 years, Iraq has witnessed daily terrorist attacks mainly using improvised explosive devices. The aim of this study was to analyze the patterns of maxillofacial injuries caused by terrorist attacks in a sample of Iraqi casualties. Records from two hospitals, including 551 patients who sustained maxillof...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Gataa IS,Muassa QH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This literature review assessed the risk factors linked to inferior dental nerve (IDN) and lingual nerve (LN) deficits following lower wisdom tooth surgery. A computer search of several databases with specified key words was performed. 32 articles were selected; the risk factors for IDN deficit were reported in 4 arti...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Leung YY,Cheung LK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dislocation of the mandibular condyle into the middle cranial fossa is extremely rare. The authors present a case of superior dislocation of left condyle into the middle cranial fossa. The dislocated condyle was reduced successfully and then a flap of temporal muscle and a thin titanium network were used to repair the...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Man C,Zhu SS,Chen S,Jiang L,Hu J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a disorder characterized by repetitive, episodic collapse of the pharyngeal airway. Over the last two decades, understanding of the pathophysiology of sleep disordered breathing, which includes OSA, has improved. Once thought to be predominately related to anatomic constriction of the ...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Susarla SM,Thomas RJ,Abramson ZR,Kaban LB

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Octacalcium phosphate (OCP) and porcine atelocollagen sponge composites (OCP/Col) markedly enhanced bone regeneration in a rat cranial defect model. To assess clinical application, the authors examined whether OCP/Col would enhance bone regeneration in an alveolar cleft model in an adult dog, which was assumed to refl...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Matsui K,Matsui A,Handa T,Kawai T,Suzuki O,Kamakura S,Echigo S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the use of composite autogenous bone and deproteinized bovine bone (DBB) for repairing alveolar cleft compared with autogenous bone alone in terms of clinical outcomes and patient morbidity. 30 patients with a mean age of 10.2±1.7 years were randomly divided into two groups. Group I used autogenous...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Thuaksuban N,Nuntanaranont T,Pripatnanont P

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the role of bisphosphonates in jaw osteomyelitis. 29 patients were included: 18 had been treated with bisphosphonates (12 with multiple myelomas, 3 with breast carcinomas, 2 with prostate carcinomas, and 1 with osteoporosis). Of 11 control patients, 2 had breast carcinomas, 2...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Kos M,Brusco D,Kuebler J,Engelke W

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The knotting of an intragastric tube is a rare complication, and knotting of a feeding jejunostomy tube is rarer, and the removal or replacement of the tube is difficult. There are many reports on the removal of intragastric knotted tubes, but these methods cannot be applied for the removal of knotted feeding jejunost...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Jwo SC

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to measure the bone volume necessary for secondary bone grafting in the alveolar cleft using surgical simulation software based on three-dimensional computed tomography (CT) scan data, to compare this measurement with the actual volume of the bone graft, and to evaluate consistency. The s...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Shirota T,Kurabayashi H,Ogura H,Seki K,Maki K,Shintani S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As many as 30% of all maxillofacial fractures (MFFs) and skull base fractures (SBFs) are reported to be sports-related. Participation in sporting activities has grown worldwide and the number of cases of sports-related injuries has also increased. The aim of this study was to evaluate the data of 3596 patients hospita...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Elhammali N,Bremerich A,Rustemeyer J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the effects of visual input on surface electromyography (sEMG) of some stomathognatic and neck muscles (anterior temporalis, masseter, anterior digastric and sternocleidomastoid muscles) in patients experiencing myogenous facial pain compared with healthy volunteers. All subjects kept the mandible...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Monaco A,Spadaro A,Cattaneo R,Giannoni M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection is controversial as a causative factor in oral tongue cancer. This study aimed to clarify whether HPV directly affects the carcinogenesis and biological behaviour of oral tongue cancer by analyzing HPV prevalence, the physical status of the virus and clinicopathological parameters...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Lee SY,Cho NH,Choi EC,Baek SJ,Kim WS,Shin DH,Kim SH

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanoacrylate adhesive has been suggested as an alternative to suturing when repairing severed peripheral nerves. The authors examined the cytotoxic effect of ethyl-cyanoacrylate on the human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y and compared it with the effects of butyl-cyanoacrylate (Histoacryl), an adhesive approved for ...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Landegren T,Risling M,Persson JK,Sondén A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is a retrospective review of the records of all cases treated in the authors' department since 1991 to identify patients with condylar masses diagnosed as osteochondromas. In 2186 cases of benign and malignant cysts/tumours of the maxillofacial region (1560 malignant and 626 benign), 8 osteochondromas of th...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Ord RA,Warburton G,Caccamese JF

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cleft lip and palate patients the shape of the nose invariably changes in three dimensions (3D) due to rhinoplastic surgery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate stereophotogrammetry as a 3D method to document volumetric changes of the nose in patients with a cleft lip (CL) or cleft lip and palate (CLP) after ...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： van Loon B,Maal TJ,Plooij JM,Ingels KJ,Borstlap WA,Kuijpers-Jagtman AM,Spauwen PH,Bergé SJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of peri-implant crevicular fluid (PICF) offers a non-invasive means of studying the host response in peri-implant disease and may provide an early indication of patients at risk for active disease. This study examined the PICF levels of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), i...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Petković AB,Matić SM,Stamatović NV,Vojvodić DV,Todorović TM,Lazić ZR,Kozomara RJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mandibular deficient patients, mandibular growth is not expected after the adolescent growth spurt, so mandibular advancement surgery is often carried out at 13 years. To test if the long-term stability for younger patients is similar to that for adult patients, the authors compared cephalometric changes from 1-yea...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Proffit WR,Phillips C,Turvey TA

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the first counselling after the birth of a child with cleft lip and palate (CLP) information about the malformation should be delivered and a long-standing relationship between the cleft team and the affected family must be established. The present study was conducted to evaluate the parents' experiences, needs...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Kuttenberger J,Ohmer JN,Polska E

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Small Integrin-Binding LIgand, N-linked Glycoprotein (SIBLING) family is one category of non-collagenous proteins closely related to osteogenesis. In this study, the authors systematically evaluated the presence and distribution of four SIBLING family members, dentin sialophosphoprotein (DSPP), dentin matrix prote...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Sun Y,Gandhi V,Prasad M,Yu W,Wang X,Zhu Q,Feng JQ,Hinton RJ,Qin C

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study retrospectively investigates the incidence and risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients undergoing maxillofacial surgery. Data were obtained from patients treated between January 2005 and June 2006. Patients' records were reviewed for complaints and information relating to deep venous throm...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Forouzanfar T,Heymans MW,van Schuilenburg A,Zweegman S,Schulten EA

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Le Fort I osteotomy is a routine procedure for oral and maxillofacial surgeons. Following advances in instrumentation and anaesthesia, it is usually carried out safely as an elective procedure in hospitals with no adverse complications. Life-threatening complications are rare although the operation is performed in an ...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Bhaskaran AA,Courtney DJ,Anand P,Harding SA

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental data and limited patient experience suggest that rhBMP-2 can be used to regenerate bone in acquired segmental defects of the mandible. Most of these defects are caused by resection of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and the biologic effects of rhBMP-2 on these carcinoma cells are unknown. The objectiv...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Gao Q,Tong W,Luria JS,Wang Z,Nussenbaum B,Krebsbach PH

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extra-canalicular variations of the inferior alveolar nerve are exceedingly rare and unreported. The authors report an unusual presentation of the inferior alveolar nerve perforating the ramus of the mandible with a very short intra-bony course and exiting laterally in a 20 year old indian female diagnosed with hemifa...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Manikandhan R,Mathew PC,Naveenkumar J,Anantanarayanan P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Almost 50% of patients with Apert, Crouzon or Pfeiffer syndrome develop obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), mainly due to midface hypoplasia. Midface advancement is often the treatment of choice, but the few papers on long-term outcome report mixed results. This paper aimed to assess the long-term respiratory outcome of mi...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Bannink N,Nout E,Wolvius EB,Hoeve HL,Joosten KF,Mathijssen IM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hospital-based case-control study was conducted to identify interactions between the 538(T-->C) polymorphic site of bone morphogenetic protein 4 gene (BMP4T538C) and exposures in pregnancy with nonsyndromic cleft lip, with or without cleft palate (nsCL/P). Associations between offspring polymorphism of BMP4T538C, pa...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Jianyan L,Zeqiang G,Yongjuan C,Kaihong D,Bing D,Rongsheng L

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of Id-1 (inhibitors of DNA binding/differentiation protein 1) and TSP-1 (thrombospondin-1) in mucoepidermoid carcinoma and their relationship to pathological features and prognosis was studied. Moderately and poorly differentiated groups had significantly higher Id-1 positive expression rate (p<0.05) than w...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Yang S,Guo LJ,Tang XF,Tan K,Gong RG,Li A,Yu T,Gao QH,Xuan M,Wen YM,Wang CM,Wang XY

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of endoscope-assisted parotid surgery are presented as a minimally invasive alternative to parotidectomy for large parotid stones. From 1999 to 2007, 70 patients with parotid sialoliths were treated by minimally invasive surgical techniques in three specialist centres. At surgery a combination of sialoendo...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Karavidas K,Nahlieli O,Fritsch M,McGurk M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Teratomas are tumors that are derived from two or three of the primordial germ layers: ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm. They arise most commonly in a midline or paraxial location from the brain to the sacral area and are most often located in the sacrococcygeal region. Head and neck teratomas are rare neoplasms and th...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Wang L,Chen X,Liu B

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Masticatory muscle tendon-aponeurosis hyperplasia is a new disease entity characterized by limited mouth opening due to contracture of the masticatory muscles, resulting from hyperplasia of tendons and aponeuroses. In the case of masseter muscle type, the face displays a square mandible configuration. Pharmacotherapy,...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Yoda T,Sato T,Abe T,Sakamoto I,Tomaru Y,Omura K,Hatano N,Takato T,Ishii Y

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in endocrine responses, blood loss and arterial blood gas profiles between patients subjected to hypotensive anaesthesia or normotensive anaesthesia and those between patients given sodium nitroprusside (SNP) or nitroglycerin (NTG) as the hypotensive agent. 36...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Yoshikawa F,Kohase H,Umino M,Fukayama H

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gap arthroplasty, used in the treatment of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis, is challenging, requiring resecting of massive abnormal bone formation at the skull base with complex and distorted anatomy. This study evaluated the application of image-guided navigation to gap arthroplasty. Four gap arthroplasties w...

journal_title：International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery

authors： Yu HB,Shen GF,Zhang SL,Wang XD,Wang CT,Lin YP

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00