Objectives This study aimed to estimate the risk of bleeding following minor oral surgical procedures and uninterrupted aspirin therapy in high-risk patients or patients with existing chronic diseases compared to patients who did not use aspirin during minor oral surgery at a public hospital. Methods This retrospective cohort study analyzed the data of 2912 patients, aged 20 years or older, w...

OBJECTIVES Oral and oropharyngeal cancer remains among the top ten most common malignancies in the United States and worldwide. Over the last several decades the approach to treatment of oral cancer has changed very little with regards to primary tumour extirpation while the approach to the "at risk" lymph nodes has evolved significantly. Perhaps the most significant change in the surgical trea...

PURPOSE This study evaluated the efficacy of the HemCon Dental Dressing (HDD; HemCon Medical Technologies, Inc, Beaverton, OR) hemostatic oral wound dressing derived from the US military HemCon Bandage combat wound dressing and whether early hemostasis affects postoperative care and surgical healing outcomes following oral surgical procedures. PATIENTS AND METHODS All patients aged 18 to 90, ...

The human amniotic membrane (AM) is a thin intrauterine placental membrane that is highly biocompatible and possesses anti-inflammatory and anti-scarring properties. Using AM, we developed a novel method for cultivating oral mucosal epithelial cell sheets. We investigated the autologous transplantation of oral mucosal epithelial cells cultured on AM in patients undergoing oral surgeries. We obt...

BACKGROUND Bleeding disorders (BD) can cause significant problems during or after surgical procedures of the oral cavity. The aim of this study was to explore the risk of bleeding following oral surgery in patients with BD. PATIENTS AND METHODS The medical records of all BD patients referred to the department of cranio- and maxillofacial surgery were reviewed. RESULTS Ninety-five patients (...

introduction: lasers have made tremendous progress in the field of dentistry and have turned out to be crucial in oral surgery as collateral approach for soft tissue surgery. this rapid progress can be attributed to the fact that lasers allow efficient execution of soft tissue procedures with excellent hemostasis and field visibility. when matched to scalpel, electrocautery or high frequency de...

results utilizing autologous stem cell populations to treat craniofacial defects is a promising field of ongoing investigations. studies show that cartilage stem/progenitor cells (cspcs) are highly chondrogenic and can produce elastic reconstructive material with long-term tissue restoration. conclusions auricular reconstruction surgery is a challenging plastic procedure that requires great exp...

Although traditional "NPO (nothing by mouth) after midnight" policies are being liberalized, noncompliance with NPO status remains a threat to patient safety and may result in delays of elective surgical procedures, decrease the efficiency of the ambulatory surgery setting, and waste healthcare dollars. The purpose of the present study was to examine how comprehensive NPO instructions affected ...