Stuart Clark (PMFA)

Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon

Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Latest Contribution

Locked or unlocked

2 December 2019 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | bone plates, conventional plate, locking plate, mandibular fractures, meta-analysis, postoperative complications

This is as systematic review and meta-analysis from the Netherlands, evaluating postoperative complications of mandibular fractures using locking and non-locking systems. It is suggested that postoperative complications of surgical treatment of mandibular fractures occur in 20-26% of patients, and it...

Do bicycle helmets prevent facial injuries

2 December 2019 | | Maxillofacial Surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery

This is an analysis from Germany where they reviewed over 7000 bicycle accidents over a 16-year period that met their inclusion criteria. Over 1000 had a facial injury (bone or soft tissue) with helmets being worn in 11.8% of accidents....

Imaging accurately predicting the need for mandibular resection

19 September 2019 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | bone invasion, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, oral, squamous cell carcinoma

This is an article from Australia of 109 patients, 83 of which had CT, 72 MRI and the presence of bone invasion on imaging was compared with the histopathology. Bone invasion was present in 44 of 109 resection specimens. Bone...