Analysis of potential oral cleft risk factors in the Kosovo population.

The aim of this study was to analyze the association of potential risk factors such as positive family cleft history, smoking, use of drugs during pregnancy, and parental age with oral clefts in offspring within the Kosovo population. We conducted a population-based case-control study of live births in Kosovo from 1996 to 2005. Using a logistic regression model, 244 oral cleft cases were compared with 488 controls.

Is cranial reconstruction with a hard-tissue replacement patient-matched implant as safe as previously reported? A 3-year experience and review of the literature.

Purpose: This study aimed to verify the low complication rates (0% to 11%) previously reported in cranial reconstruction using hard-tissue replacement patient-matched implant (HTR-PMI).

Patients And Methods: A 3-year multidisciplinary experience involving 21 patients undergoing HTR-PMI reconstruction of large cranial defects was reviewed. Complications were defined as implant exposure, implant infection, or soft-tissue infection.

Fibular free flaps in the management of osteomyelitis of the mandible.

Background: Fibular free flaps are an alternative method in the management of chronic osteomyelitis of the mandible without osteoradionecrosis.

Methods: A prospective review of 2 cases of chronic osteomyelitis of the mandible managed with a fibular free flap was conducted. Patient satisfaction and aesthetic results were examined.

Perioperative management of the female and gravid patient.

Care of female and gravid patients requires a detailed understanding of the unique issues inherent to quality treatment. Increasingly important data continue to accumulate about significant differences in the physiology of men and women and the way they express disease. Furthermore, the gravid patient requires specific alterations and considerations in clinical care that not only affect the mother but also the fetus.

Dealing with the effects of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in growing children.

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic childhood disease that has a multiplicity of effects on the growth and development of the facial skeleton. An understanding of the disease in general and its therapy is necessary for successful surgical-orthodontic care.

Patterns of maxillofacial injuries related to interaction with horses.

Purpose: Studies of trauma patients have described patterns of injuries sustained from unfortunate encounters with large animals. However, the patterns of maxillofacial injuries have yet to be reported. The goal of this investigation was to describe and report on maxillofacial injuries that are associated with interaction with horses.

Referral patterns for the treatment of facial trauma in teaching hospitals in the United States.

Purpose: The management of facial trauma is considered an integral part of the training of several specialties, including general plastic surgery, otolaryngology, and oral and maxillofacial surgery. Referral patterns of patients who have sustained facial trauma to these various specialty services, however, vary at different institutions according to physician preferences and protocols. The purpose of this project was to examine the referral patterns of facial trauma in the United States at teaching hospitals.