Ameloblastoma of the jaws in adult: A retrospective review of local recurrent lesions based on the resection margin in the adjacent apparent healthy tissues.

Background: The surgical treatment of ameloblastoma of the jaws remains contentious due to the variable recurrence rate amongst its variants, the tumor's local invasive behavior, and the lack of consensus among surgeons concerning the extent of resection in the contiguous healthy tissues.

Objective: To determine the recurrence rate of ameloblastoma and its association with the resection margins.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of the medical records of patients who underwent surgical resection of the jaws as the primary modality of treatment for ameloblastoma.

Isolated favorable compound mandibular body fractures: A retrospective review of two cohorts of patients based on the timing of treatment.

Background/aim: Treatment delays in the management of mandible fractures are often unavoidable and, as a result, the timing of treatment of mandibular fractures has remained a contentious issue in clinical practice as the optimal treatment delay for minimizing complications remains unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the rate and types of complications between two cohorts of patients designated as early and late treatment groups and estimate an optimal time threshold for treatment delay after closed reduction and maxillomandibular fixation.

Material And Methods: Demographic and clinical data were collected retrospectively about patients who were treated for isolated, unilateral, favorable, and compound mandibular body fractures between 1999 and 2019 to answer the question of whether treatment delay is an independent variable impacting post-operative mandible body fracture complications.

Analysis of 46 cases of malignant jaw tumours in Calabar, Nigeria.

Background: The occurrence and distribution of malignant jaw tumours differs across the globe because of differences in geographical, cultural, racial, and socioeconomic factors. The aim of this study was to determine the types and pattern of malignant jaw tumours in Calabar, located in South-South Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: The histopathologic results, as well as demographic and clinical information of all consecutive patients diagnosed of having a malignant jaw tumour at the Oral and Maxillofacial Unit of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria from January 2000 to December 2013 was retrospectively collected and analyzed.