Interfacility Transfer Guidelines for Isolated Facial Trauma: A Multidisciplinary Expert Consensus.

Background: The objective of this study was to develop guidelines for the transfer of patients with isolated craniomaxillofacial trauma.

Methods: A national, multidisciplinary expert panel was assembled from leadership in national organizations and contributors to published literature on facial reconstruction. The final panel consisted of five plastic surgeons, four otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeons, and four oral and maxillofacial surgeons.

Maxillary orthognathic surgery.

Maxillary surgery to correct dentofacial deformity has been practiced for almost 100 years. Significant advances have made maxillary surgery a safe and efficient means of correcting midface deformities. Anesthetic techniques, specifically hypotensive anesthesia, have allowed for safer working conditions.

Inductive, scaffold-based, regenerative medicine approach to reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint disk.

Purpose: A device composed of extracellular matrix (ECM) was investigated as an inductive template in vivo for reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disk after discectomy.

Materials And Methods: A scaffold material composed of porcine-derived ECM was configured to mimic the shape and size of the TMJ. This device was implanted in a canine model of bilateral TMJ discectomy.

Preoperative incisor inclination in patients with Class III dentofacial deformities treated with orthognathic surgery.

Our aim was to evaluate cephalometrically the preoperative inclination of the incisors in a group of 50 patients with Class III dentofacial deformities whose immediate preoperative lateral cephalometric radiographs were analysed after they had been treated by maxillary advancement. The radiographs were hand-traced by the same operator who made the cephalometric analysis. Mean values for each measurement were compared with the normal values using Student's t-test (p<0.

Extracellular matrix as an inductive template for temporomandibular joint meniscus reconstruction: a pilot study.

Purpose: A device consisting of powdered porcine urinary bladder extracellular matrix (UBM-ECM) encapsulated within sheets of the same material was investigated as a scaffold for temporomandibular joint (TMJ) meniscus reconstruction.

Materials And Methods: Five dogs underwent unilateral resection of the native meniscus and replacement with a UBM-ECM device. Necropsies were performed at 3, 4, 8, 12, and 24 weeks.

A unique presentation of a squamous cell carcinoma in a pregnant patient.

The literature reports an increasing occurrence of carcinoma in the young adult nonsmoking and nondrinking population. With it, this trend brings the potential for new comorbidities. This report discusses one such case in which a 30-year-old woman, 28 weeks pregnant, was diagnosed with a hybrid verrucous carcinoma/squamous cell carcinoma.

Bone morphogenetic proteins in craniomaxillofacial surgery.

Craniomaxillofacial surgery has many indications for bone regeneration and augmentation, ranging from socket preservation to reconstruction of large skeletal defects. The discovery of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) as osteoinductive agents and the subsequent development of commercially available recombinant forms of BMPs have offered the potential to replace traditional grafting techniques with de novo bone formation. Extensive preclinical and clinical research has focused on establishing the safety and efficacy of using recombinant BMPs to regenerate bone in the facial skeleton.