Intravenous Magnesium Sulfate to Deliberate Hypotension and Bleeding after Bimaxillary Orthognathic Surgery; A Randomized Double-blind Controlled Trial.

Statement Of The Problem: The preoperative or intraoperative administration of intravenous magnesium sulfate has been approved as an accepted medication for stabilizing hemodynamic indices during surgeries.

Purpose: Intraoperative blood loss during orthognathic surgery is frequently abundant and sometimes requires blood transfusion. The present trial addressed the efficacy of intravenous magnesium sulfate on deliberating hypotension and bleeding reduction in patients undergoing bimaxillary orthognathic surgery.

Remifentanil, ketamine, and propofol in awake nasotracheal fiberoptic intubation in temporomandibular joint ankylosis surgery.

Background: Nasotracheal intubation of patients with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis is a challenge for anesthesiologists. Awake fiberoptic intubation (AFOI) is the safest technique in patients with difficult airway. This study compares 3 different techniques of conscious sedation during AFOI in patients with TMJ ankylosis.

A retrospective analysis of maxillofacial trauma in shiraz, iran: a 6-year- study of 768 patients (2004-2010).

Statement Of Problem: Information about the etiology and incidence of maxillofacial trauma is important for prevention and appropriate treatments of such injuries.

Purpose: The purpose of this retrospective study was to conduct an analysis of maxillofacial injuries transferred and/or referred to the department of maxillofacial Surgery at Chamran emergency hospital, Shiraz, over a 6-year period with special reference to age, gender, occupation, date, type, site, etiology and clinical management.

Materials And Method: The data for this study were collected and reviewed retrospectively from the records and radiographs of 768 patients who were treated for maxillofacial trauma in the department of maxillofacial surgery at the Shiraz Chamran Emergency Hospital, Iran, between 2004 and 2010.

Jaw osteomyelitis as a complication in osteopetrosis.

Osteopetrosis is a rare bone dysplasia. The disease is characterized by osteoclast dysfunction, producing diffuse symmetrical increase in skeletal bone density and exhibiting various clinical manifestation because of heterogeneous entity. Among them, jaw osteomyelitis, frequently mandibular osteomyelitis, is an important complication encountered in these patients.