Publications by authors named "M Habu"

In cases where oral cancer spreads toward the maxillary tubercle, surgery may extend to the pterygopalatine fossa. There are 2 main extraoral approaches: anterior and lateral. Previously, we introduced a modified lateral approach with a mouth corner incision from the lower lip, that preserves the mental and marginal mandibular nerves.

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Objective Masticatory muscle tendon-aponeurosis hyperplasia (MMTAH) is a recently identified condition characterized by restricted mouth opening due to hyperplasia of the temporalis muscle tendon and masseter muscle aponeurosis. This study examines the treatment and clinical course of patients with MMTAH who underwent surgery at our hospital. Subjects and methods The study included 14 patients (four males and 10 females; mean age: 33.

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Masticatory muscle tendon-aponeurosis hyperplasia (MMTAH) is a disease that presents as a hard trismus due to hyperplasia of the masseter and temporalis aponeurosis. Standard surgical methods for MMTAH include masseter resection, temporalis aponeurosis, and coronoidectomy. The operation of resecting the tendon aponeurosis attached to the posterior surface of the coronoid process carries the risk of bleeding and nerve damage because it cannot be observed directly.

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  • The study aimed to analyze the imaging characteristics of the gubernaculum tract (GT) in patients with cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD) using computed tomography (CT).
  • It found a high detection rate of GTs for both unerupted permanent teeth (83.5%) and supernumerary teeth (83.1%), with no significant differences between the two.
  • The results suggest that a specific structure involving GTs and dental follicles may indicate that multiple teeth could originate from a single dental lamina, potentially leading to eruption failures.
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  • * A study involving 152 OSCC patients, all with confirmed lymph node metastasis, demonstrated a significant correlation between LNR and both overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS).
  • * The results indicated that patients with a high LNR (≥ 0.095) had a worse prognosis compared to those with a low LNR (< 0.095), identifying LNR as a potential independent prognostic factor in OSCC.
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