Publications by authors named "Nicholas Ledderhof"
Purpose: Medical comorbidities may contribute to falls and thus require identification for education and prevention. We hypothesized that the epidemiology and injuries seen will be similar to the literature, with most falls that result in injury occurring in the elderly, to prominent facial structures, and are associated with specific comorbidities.
Methods: A retrospective review was performed of patients evaluated by the Trauma and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery services after sustaining traumatic facial injury from July 2015 to June 2016 as a result of a fall.
Purpose: Prophylactic tracheotomy has traditionally been performed during composite mandibular resection of oral cavity cancer to avoid postoperative airway compromise. The purpose of the present study was to measure the frequency and identify the factors associated with an increased or a decreased risk of an adverse airway event (AAE) within 30 days postoperatively.
Patients And Methods: A retrospective cohort study of patients who had undergone composite mandibular resection for oral cancer from 2006 to 2018 was conducted at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.
Purpose: The antimetabolite drug, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), is used in the treatment of various cancers, including basal cell carcinomas (BCCs). The authors hypothesized that keratocystic odontogenic tumors (KOTs) would respond to 5-FU treatment because of their similarities to BCCs in molecular etiopathogenesis.
Materials And Methods: An ambispective cohort study of the treatment efficacy of topical 5-FU on KOTs was conducted.
Geriatric oral lesions: A multicentric study.
Geriatr Gerontol Int
February 2016
Aim: To carry out an oral biopsy survey in geriatric patients from the participating institutions.
Methods: The biopsy records of the participating institutions were reviewed for oral lesions from patients aged 65 years and older diagnosed from 2003 to 2012. Demographic data and the site of the lesions were collected.