OBJECTIVE To describe the surgical technique and clinical features of total hip replacement (THR) due to hip trauma in cats. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. SAMPLE POPULATION Three client-owned cats that underwent THR to treat capital epiphyseal fractures, and five client-owned cats that underwent femoral head ostectomy (FHO). METHODS The clinical data included signalment, body weight, ...

Fracture or defect of the mandible is a serious complication of mandibular angleplasty, and precise reconstruction for such defect is still a huge challenge. This case report provides a new method based on CAD/CAM and rapid prototyped titanium for individual design, fabrication, and implantation of a mandibular ramus and angle. A 25-year-old woman with a square-shaped face, who had undergone ma...

AIM To identify prophylactic antibiotic prescription practices among Spanish dentists with preferential dedication to Oral Surgery in different types of tooth extraction surgeries. METHOD Members of the Spanish Oral Surgery Society were surveyed on antibiotic prophylaxis use in 4 different tooth extraction modalities scaled according to their surgical invasiveness. RESULTS Sixty-nine of the...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether the addition of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP-2) to a self-crosslinkable cellulosic hydrogel/biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) granules construct promotes bone healing in critical-size ulnar defects in dogs. METHODS A standardized 2 cm long ulnar ostectomy was performed bilaterally in five dogs to compare bone healing with hydrogel/BCP cons...

Open sinus lift surgery is a form of pre-prosthetic surgery for increasing the quality and quantity of bone in the posterior region of the maxilla. Pre-operative assessment of the maxillary sinus is essential for the success of this surgery. PubMed search was carried out in English language literature for open sinus lift surgery and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). The results focused on a...

Despite numerous improvements in the palatoplasty procedure, speech dysfunction tends to develop in many patients, requiring another surgery. In addition, vomer flaps have been used in palatoplasty in various shapes and on purposes. Nonetheless, they have been used mostly to cover the defect in wide and complete type of cleft palate. We introduce the vomopalatoplasty procedure that uses a vomer...

The study objective was to determine the mechanical integrity and radiopacity of regenerated bone within critical-sized defects (CSDs) in radii of rabbits using recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP-2) with a porous, biodegradable poly(D,L-lactic acid) (PDLLA) carrier (designated PLA). Twenty millimeter, unilateral radial ostectomies were created in 96 skeletally mature New Zeal...

We undertook a retrospective review of 33 patients who underwent total femoral endoprosthetic replacement as limb salvage following excision of a malignant bone tumour. In 22 patients this was performed as a primary procedure following total femoral resection for malignant disease. Revision to a total femoral replacement was required in 11 patients following failed segmental endoprosthetic or a...