A Comparative Study of Speech and Swallowing Postoperative Outcomes in Oral Cancer: Impact of Lateral Mandibular Continuity Restoration.

Background: Surgical resection with mandibulectomy in advanced oral cancer results in complex defects. The influence of reconstruction of mandibular continuity on postoperative speech and swallowing function, though crucial, is not widely studied.

Purpose: The purpose of study was to compare the speech and swallowing outcomes of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients with lateral mandibulectomy, with or without the restoration of mandibular continuity.

Prognostic Heterogeneity Between Oral Tongue and Gingivobuccal Tumours Based on Lymph Node Ratio and Number of Positive Nodes: A Survival Analysis.

Introduction: Lymph node ratio (LNR) and number of pathological positive nodes (pN) have shown better prognostic prediction compared to laterality, size and number of nodes (single or multiple). This study evaluates the prognostic significance of LNR and the number of  pathological positive nodes in predicting the outcomes of node positive oral squamous cell carcinoma(OSCC). It attempts to assess the prognostic heterogeneity between oral tongue and gingivobuccal complex tumours based on the lymph node ratio and the number of pathological positive nodes.

Changing trends in maxillofacial trauma: A 15 years retrospective study in the Southern Part of Haryana, India.

Objective: The aim is to analyze the pattern of maxillofacial injuries and treatment outcomes in the past 15 years (2002-2016).

Materials And Methods:: One thousand eight hundred and fifty patients from two tertiary referral center hospitals were studied retrospectively in which the age, sex, etiology, site of fracture, and treatment modality was recorded.

Results: One thousand two hundred and twenty-eight males and 622 females were operated between 2002 and 2016.