Intraosseous schwanommas are benign tumors that arise from Schwann cells. They are common in soft tissues of the head and neck region. However, intraosseous schwanommas are rare accounting for less than 1% of all bone tumors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Maxillofac Oral Surg
December 2021
Background: Oral submucous fibrosis is a chronic, progressive, scarring, precancerous condition of oral mucosa which on progression causes severe trismus.
Aim And Objectives: To compare and evaluate the efficiency of buccal fat pad, platysmal mucocutaneous flap, nasolabial flap, collagen membrane graft, split thickness skin graft and temporoparietal fascia in reconstruction of surgical defect created by excision of fibrous bands in oral submucous fibrosis.
Results: After 6 months of follow-up, the interincisal mouth opening was 40.
Introduction: The ideal surgical approach to treat craniomaxillofacial skeleton should provide maximum exposure of the facial skeleton, ensure less potential for injury to facial structures and allow for good cosmetic result. Several designs have been described such as hemicoronal, preauricular, lateral eyebrow, and bicoronal approach. Although the bicoronal flap gives superior long-term cosmetic results, it has a few disadvantages.
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