[Diagnostic value of chromato-mass-spectrometry in patients with drug-induced jaws osteonecrosis]. / Kliniko-diagnosticheskoe znachenie khromato-mass-spektrometrii pri medikamentoznom osteonekroze cheliustei.

In patients with drag-induced jaw osteonecrosis which developed in cancer patients due to administration of bisphosphonates for metastases, the microflora of the oral cavity was examined by chromatography-mass spectrometry (HMS). The method of HMS can be used as an additional method of diagnostics in complex clinical cases with ineffective treatment.

[Individual combined endoprosthesis for reconstruction of mandibular defects]. / Sposob zameshcheniia defekta nizhnei cheliusti s primeneniem individual'nogo kombinirovannogo éndoproteza.

Substitution of mandibular defects resulting from injuries and inflammatory bone diseases as well as surgical interventions for tumors is an important medical and scientific problem. The article presents the results of surgical treatment of 8 patients with the use of combined endoprosthesis of the mandible consisting of individual titanium metal structure and titanium silk. This solution provides the possibility for reliable fixation of the soft tissue structures of the lower face region by suturing, including facial and masticatory muscles, improving the biological integration of the endoprosthesis. The combined design shows high efficiency of restoration of both aesthetic and functional characteristics of the mandible, as well as good long term survival rate.