Use of Virtual Surgical Planning and Virtual Dataset With Intraoperative Navigation to Guide Revision of Complex Facial Fractures: A Case Report.

The use of intraoperative navigation has become prevalent in multiple surgical fields, including neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, spine surgery, and head and neck surgery. In the past decade, its use also has become popular in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Previous studies have suggested the use of intraoperative navigation improves surgical precision and accuracy and decreases intraoperative risks and postsurgical morbidity.

Emerging Biomaterials in Trauma.

Emerging technologies and research into the science of biomaterials have developed exponentially and provide facial reconstructive surgeons with a plethora of options for a multitude of varying presentations. This article presents a comprehensive discussion in the ever-evolving field of material science and emerging biomaterials. A complete understanding of the current status of such materials is necessary for the appropriate incorporation and applicability to adequate clinical situations.

Immediate Versus Delayed Treatment of Mandibular Fractures: A Stratified Analysis of Complications.

Purpose: To analyze the rate of complication outcomes of mandibular fracture repairs across different injury-to-repair time spans.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients with repaired mandibular fractures. The independent variable was the time span from injury to surgical repair.

Evaluation of reconstructive techniques for anterior and middle skull base defects following tumor ablation.

Purpose: Reconstruction after resection of head and neck cancer can be challenging, especially when tumors extend to the base of the skull. Vascularized flaps are the option of choice, whether free or pedicled. Free flaps have the added benefit of access to the more cephalad defects of the anterior cranial base without the constraints of the rotation arc of pedicled flaps.