One-stage reconstruction of nasal defects: evaluation of the use of modified auricular composite grafts.

Complex nasal defects in the distal regions of the nose are cosmetically difficult to repair. In 70 patients over a period of 10 years, defects of the nasal ala and the soft triangle, nasal tip, columella, and columellar-lobular junction were reconstructed with modified auricular composite grafts. A randomized group of 40 of these patients was assessed after a mean of 55.

Nasalance in patients with maxillary defects - Reconstruction versus obturation.

Background: An important question remains on how to obtain good quality of speech for patients needing maxillectomy. Oral and nasal spaces must be separated either by surgical means or by using an obturator-prosthesis. An objective measure of oronasal closure is nasalance.

Perioperative complications following sagittal split osteotomy of the mandible.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to review complications in a series of 1264 consecutive patients who were operated in a single centre during a 20-year-period.

Material And Methods: Complications were documented, their incidences calculated and compared with data from the literature.

Results: In 35 patients (2.

Intra- and perioperative complications of the LeFort I osteotomy: a prospective evaluation of 1000 patients.

The LeFort I osteotomy has become a routine procedure in elective orthognathic surgery. The authors report the occurrence of intra- or perioperative complications in a series of 1000 consecutive LeFort I osteotomies performed within a 20-year period. In total, 64 (6.

Alveolar bone grafting in patients with complete clefts: a comparative study between secondary and tertiary bone grafting.

Objective: This investigation evaluated the results of alveolar bone grafting in patients with complete clefts, comparing secondary alveolar bone grafting (during the mixed stage of dentition) versus tertiary bone grafting (after completion of the second stage of dentition).

Design: This was a retrospective study. Of 140 osteoplasties, which all were operated according to the same standardized surgical technique, a clinical and roentgenological follow-up investigation was carried out in a collective of 85 osteoplasties.