The Oncological Safety of Submental Flap Reconstruction in Head-and-Neck Cancers: An Extended Follow-up Study.

Introduction: The oncological safety of a submental (SM) flap is thought to be controversial. The objective of our study was to validate our previous study regarding the oncological safety of SM flaps in oral cavity reconstruction.

Materials And Methods: An electronic database was searched from 2015 to 2021 for all head-and-neck tumor patients, where reconstruction was performed using a SM flap.

Survival Outcomes and Patterns of Failure in Maxillary Alveolus Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

 Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the maxillary alveolus is a relatively rare disease. There is lack of data on this subsite as compared with other sites. The factors that affect survival in cases of maxillary alveolar SCC are tumor stage, local and cervical metastases, histological grading, and the margin status.

Sphenoid Wing Dysplasia: Report Of 3 Cases.

Sphenoidal Dysplasia is the absence of complete or a part of sphenoid bone, most commonly the greater wing of sphenoid. It can occur as an isolated deformity or in Neurofibromatosis-1 (NF1). Features of NF1 include café au lait spots, inguinal or axillary freckling, neurofibromas, optic gliomas, scoliosis and tibial deformity.

Carcinoma ex-pleomorphic adenoma of mandible: A case report and review of literature.

Introduction And Importance: The most common benign neoplasm of major and minor salivary glands is pleomorphic adenoma (PA). Around 80 % of all parotid neoplasms are pleomorphic adenomas, while 44-68 % and 38-43 % tumors were pleomorphic adenomas of submandibular and minor salivary gland tumors. PA has been reported in a variety of anatomic locations including true intraosseous mandibular tumor, external ear canal, TMJ region, lacrimal gland, epiglottis, larynx and nasopharynx, breast, lung, esophagus, sinonasal and skull base and trachea.

Functional Outcomes Of Open Versus Closed Treatment Of Unilateral Mandibular Condylar Fractures.

Background: Although mandibular condylar fractures are among the most common fractures of maxillofacial region, the ideal method for treatment of these fractures is still a controversy. The objective of this study was to compare functional outcomes of open vs closed treatment of unilateral mandibular condylar fractures.

Methods: This study was carried out at Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi.

Nasolabial and extended nasolabial flaps for reconstruction in oral submucous fibrosis.

Objectives: The objective of the study was to evaluate the results of nasolabial/extended nasolabial flaps as a modality for treatment of oral submucous fibrosis.

Materials And Methods: Eleven patients of Stage III or IVa maximum interincisal opening were selected to be operated. Nasolabial/extended nasolabial flaps were done for both the sides.

Surgical correction of grade III hypertelorism.

Orbital hypertelorism is an increased distance between the bony orbits and can be caused by frontonasal malformations, craniofacial clefts, frontoethmoidal encephaloceles, glial tumors or dermoid cysts of the root of the nose, and various syndromic or chromosomal disorders. We report a series of 7 cases of hypertelorism that were treated in our hospital. The underlying causes in our series were craniofacial clefts 0 to 14 (4 cases), craniofacial clefts 1 to 12 (1 case), and frontonasal encephalocele (2 cases), all congenital.