The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery
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Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg · Feb 2002
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialPostoperative sore throat after routine oral surgery: influence of the presence of a pharyngeal pack.
A randomized clinical trial was conducted to investigate the effect of the presence of a pharyngeal pack during endotracheal anaesthesia on the incidence of postoperative sore throat. The patients were anaesthetized with fentanyl, thiopentone and atracurium. ⋯ There were no significant differences in the incidence or severity of sore throat postoperatively in the two groups (P=0.23). These results contradict previous studies, which showed an increase in the incidence of postoperative sore throat after the use of pharyngeal packs.
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Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg · Apr 2001
Historical ArticleSurgically repaired cleft lips depicted in paintings of the late Gothic period and the Renaissance.
Paintings and drawings by Lucas Moser, Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Dürer, and Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen suggest that they employed people who had had cleft lips operated on as models for their works of art. Created between 1431 and 1520, the portraits show diagnostic facial profiles with a curved nasal dorsum, short columella, maxillary retrusion, and pseudoprogenia. The first medical illustration of cleft lip surgery was published in 1564 by Ambroise Paré. It was therefore late Gothic and Renaissance artists who depicted the conspicuous signs of surgically treated patients with cleft lip more than 130 years before the surgeons.
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Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg · Apr 2001
Letter Case ReportsCervicofacial subcutaneous emphysema after oral laser surgery.
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Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg · Apr 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialHypotensive anaesthesia and blood loss in orthognathic surgery: a clinical study.
To find out whether hypotensive anaesthesia minimized blood loss during orthognathic surgery. ⋯ There was pronounced reduction in blood loss during orthognathic operations done under hypotensive anaesthesia compared with those done under normotensive anaesthesia.