Stuart Clark (PMFA)

Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon

Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Latest Contribution

Tranexamic acid and blood loss in bimaxillary surgery

1 July 2018 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | blood loss in bimaxillary surgery, orthognathic surgery, tranexamic acid

This is a randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled trial from Thailand to clarify the most effective dose of Tranexamic acid in reducing blood loss during a bimaxillary osteotomy. They confirmed that the dose of 10mg per kg is the most efficacious...

Blindness after orthognathic surgery

1 June 2018 | | Oculoplastics, Maxillofacial Surgery | anaesthesia and controlled hypotensive complications, orthognathism surgery complications, orthognatic surgery ophthalmic complications, perioperative visual loss

This is a case report and review of the literature of this rare, but well recognised alarming complication. The authors discuss the possible mechanisms, suggesting that it does not arise from a direct injury to the optic nerve and is...

Significance of exterior capsular spread in a clinically negative neck

1 August 2017 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | oral cancer, lymph node metastasis, extracapsular spread, recurrence, survival

This is a retrospective paper from Zagreb of 61 patients with a clinically T1-T3 N0 squamous cell carcinoma undergoing primary surgical treatment. All patients had a level I-IIII/IV elective neck dissection. Those who had adverse histological features, including extracapsular spread,...