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Surgical access to fractures of the ascending ramus of the mandible is limited when standard techniques are employed. A new method using a facial rhytidectomy technique is described, and seven cases treated by this method are presented. The advantage of this technique includes excellent exposure, predictable and safe dissection, inconspicuous facial scar and minimal postoperative complications.
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Fracture Fixation, Internal , Mandible/surgery , Mandibular Fractures/surgery , Rhytidoplasty , Adolescent , Adult , Cicatrix/prevention & control , Dissection , Facial Muscles/anatomy & histology , Facial Muscles/surgery , Facial Paralysis/etiology , Fascia/anatomy & histology , Fasciotomy , Female , Hematoma/etiology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Postoperative Complications/prevention & control , Safety , Surgical Flaps/methodsABSTRACT
Odontogenic cysts are common pathologic lesions found in the oral and perioral structures. A case of squamous cell carcinoma arising within the lining of a large odontogenic cyst is described. Clinical and pathologic aspects of the previously reported cases are presented.
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/etiology , Cell Transformation, Neoplastic , Mandibular Neoplasms/etiology , Odontogenic Cysts/complications , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology , Female , Humans , Mandibular Neoplasms/pathology , Middle Aged , Odontogenic Cysts/pathologyABSTRACT
Computerized tomography has become an essential diagnostic technique in the management of maxillofacial pathosis. Three cases of temporal and infratemporal space abscesses are reviewed in which computerized tomography played an important role in the diagnosis and surgical management of patients.
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Abscess/diagnostic imaging , Focal Infection, Dental/diagnostic imaging , Streptococcal Infections/diagnostic imaging , Temporal Bone/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Abscess/therapy , Adult , Child , Drainage , Edema , Female , Focal Infection, Dental/therapy , Humans , Male , Streptococcal Infections/therapyABSTRACT
The use of rigid internal fixation has become an acceptable method for the treatment of fractures and continuity defects of the mandible. This technique has a wide variety of applications, including stabilization of mandibular segments for the application of bone grafts. The primary advantage of rigid fixation is that it obviates the need for maxillomandibular fixation associated with the treatment of mandibular trauma by traditional methods. This article reviews twenty cases in which rigid internal fixation was used for the treatment of fractures and continuity defects of the mandible. In only one case was early removal of the implant necessary as a result of infection.
