The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery
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Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg · Jan 2012
Comparative StudyOrthognathic patients with nasal deformities: case for simultaneous orthognathic surgery and rhinoplasty.
Orthognathic surgery is a recognised way of correcting dentofacial deformities and it is common practice to treat problems that affect the chin simultaneously, while deferring or not treating nasal deformities. There is inadequate published information about the prevalence of nasal deformities in such patients, and our aim was to remedy this. We retrospectively studied 75 patients with dentofacial deformities to find out if there was an association between nasal and dentofacial abnormalities. ⋯ In comparison 14 patients (19%) had problems with the chin that required, or had already had, genioplasty. We also studied 9 patients who had had corrective bimaxillary surgery with simultaneous rhinoplasty. We set no formal questionnaire, but all patients expressed satisfaction with the postoperative results.
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Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg · Jan 2012
Case ReportsPulsed radiofrequency modulation for lingual neuralgia.
Pulsed radiofrequency modulation (PRM) is a minimally invasive procedure that has been used successfully to treat neuropathic pain. Its use to treat lingual neuralgia has not to our knowledge been described previously, and we report a case.