Stuart Clark (PMFA)

Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon

Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Latest Contribution

Core or fine needle assessment in lymphadenopathy and salivary gland tumours

1 February 2019 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | cervical lymphadenopathy, core-needle biopsy, salivary gland tumour

This paper from the Republic of Korea analyses 278 patients retrospectively, 112 of which underwent fine need aspiration and 166 core needle biopsies. Eleven patients had indeterminate fine needle aspiration cytology, six of whom had an additional core biopsy. The...

Maxillomandibular advancement for sleep apnoea

1 February 2019 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | Epworth Sleepiness Scale, apnoea–hypopnoea index, lowest oxygen saturation, maxillomandibular advancement, obstructive sleep apnoea, obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnoea, respiratory disturbance index

This is a meta-analysis compiled from India. Of the initial 103 publications 20 were analysed. Surgical cure was defined as postsurgical AHI of fewer than five events per hour. Of the 251 patients assessed for AHI, 12 where considered normal,...

When to treat a fractured mandible?

1 December 2018 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | assault, delay, fracture, mandible, surgery, timing, trauma

This is a prospective study from Brisbane of 215 patients with a total of 359 fractures of the mandible. Nine outcome variables were analysed with a further 19 included to adjust for potential confounding. Treatment delay was found not to...