Orofacial infections in Iraq.

In Iraq, oral and maxillofacial (OMF) infections are common; these infections may be of odontogenic or nonodontogenic origin. The former, the commoner, gains importance from the catastrophic consequences that may take place in neglected or mismanaged patients and, as a paradox, from a fact that most of these infections are avoidable and preventable if a timely and accurate management took place for the primary dental problem. Nonodontogenic infections are not uncommon and are of life-threatening potential.

Management outline of oral and maxillofacial missile injuries in Iraq: the value of the intermediate phase.

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons in Iraq are practicing in a paradoxical situation where a high number of extensive injuries are accompanied by limited resources. Steps of management should be followed cautiously in attempts to reduce residual deformities that characterize the end results of severe missile injuries. This study elucidate lessons extirpated from surgical experience in the management of diversity of causalities with special emphasis on the intermediate phase of management as well as different modalities of treatment, trying to get best benefit from available resources.

Surgical management of temporomandibular joint ankylosis.

Ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is one of the causes of persistent and progressive limitation of mouth opening. It usually requires to be corrected surgically; an intervention not without complications. This study was conducted in a central surgical hospital in Iraq (Baghdad) in the era hallmarked by shortage of nearly all facilities needed to accomplish solutions for a surgical task.

Multiple and comminuted mandibular fractures: treatment outlines in adverse medical conditions in Iraq.

This study was conducted to evaluate prospectively the simple and more reliable methods in the treatment of multiple and comminuted mandibular fractures in hospitals with limited facilities and a high influx rate of trauma patients such as ours in Baghdad. One hundred patients with multiple and comminuted mandibular fractures of different severities were included in this study. Fifty-four patients were with comminuted and 46 were with multiple mandibular fractures.