Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction, Volume 4, Issue 1

Malignant tumors affecting minor salivary glands present a wide range of histopathologic types. The present study sought to design a protocol for management of patients with malignancy of minor salivary glands. The data of 22 patients with malignant...

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multisystem connective tissue disease of unknown etiology. The hallmark of SSc is scleroderma, referring to the presence of thickened, hardened skin. Oral and maxillofacial manifestations of the disease are numerous incl...

Atrophic edentulous mandible fractures in geriatric patients have low incidence but present several biological and biomechanical peculiarities that produce a nonunion rate of around 20%. Surgical extraoral approaches for internal fixation of these fr...

In this study, we review outcomes for 15 patients with self-inflicted submental gunshot wounds requiring free flap reconstruction. Patients presented to two tertiary care centers over a 7-year period. Mean age was 46 years (range, 16 to 76 years), 67...

The Tessier number 5 cleft is a rare craniofacial anomaly. Although there are case reports outlining various methods of primary surgical repair and outcomes, few cases reveal long-term follow-up or discuss secondary reconstruction. This article prese...

The authors present the sad case of a patient born with an incomplete Tessier number 5 oro-ocular cleft, who underwent 25 operations between infancy and the age of 21 [...]

Fractures of the pediatric craniofacial skeleton can be challenging to manage. The initial injury and subsequent treatment can cause long-term growth disturbances yielding problematic secondary deformities. This review considers the normal growth of...

We report a case of a toothbrush head lodged into the nasal cavity, which required an external rhinoplasty for retrieval. A review of the literature on management strategies in case of nasal foreign bodies is presented.

Isolated anterior wall fractures with displaced fragments require surgical correction to restore normal forehead contour [...]