Publications by authors named "Chi-Tsung Wu"
Bone defects can arise from numerous reasons, such as aging, tumor, trauma, infection, surgery, and congenital diseases. Bone grafts are commonly used as a substitute to fill the void and regenerate the defect. Due to its clean and green technology, the supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO) extraction aided the production of bone grafts is a recent trend.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The study aimed to investigate the association between socioeconomic status and severity of oral epithelial dysplasia (OED) using current data from the Taiwanese Nationwide Oral Mucosal Screening Program (TNOMSP).
Methods: This retrospective analysis was conducted in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at a general hospital in Taipei, Taiwan. A total of 134 participants were analysed from a previous study database of 150 patients.
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluates the effectiveness of diagnosing oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) with dysplasia by general dental clinicians versus oral and maxillofacial surgeons in Taiwan's Nationwide Oral Mucosal Screening Program.
- A total of 134 high-risk participants were assessed, revealing that while both examiners identified thin homogeneous leukoplakia frequently, the specialist also diagnosed cases of erythroleukoplakia and showed better accuracy overall.
- Histopathological analysis confirmed that over half of the participants had dysplasia, highlighting the importance of early diagnosis by trained specialists for effective management of high-risk OPMDs in areas with high prevalence.
Objectives: Autofluorescence imaging is gaining popularity as an adjunctive test for oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMD). This study evaluated the efficacy of autofluorescence imaging based on the current standard oral mucosal disorder checklist in Taiwan.
Materials And Methods: In total, 126 patients suspected to have mucosal disorders at the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, were enrolled.
Sjögren syndrome (SS) is commonly known to be correlated with lymphoma. This study included 16,396 individuals in the SS cohort and 65,584 individuals in the non-SS cohort, all of whom were enrolled in the Taiwan National Health Insurance database between 2000 and 2010. We evaluated the risk factors of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in the primary SS cohort by applying a Cox multivariable proportional-hazards model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBuccal Mucosa Elasticity Influences Surgical Margin Determination in Buccal Carcinoma Resection.
J Oral Maxillofac Surg
September 2016
Purpose: Little is known about whether buccal mucosa elasticity influences the determination of surgical margins for buccal carcinomas. This study investigated whether there is a difference in elasticity of the buccal mucosa in patients with buccal carcinoma compared with controls without the disease.
Patients And Methods: A case-and-control study comprised of patients with buccal carcinoma and controls without the disease was conducted.