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Hakan Ozcan

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PubMed2005

Combined intraoral and nasal approach to Tessier No:0 cleft with bifid nose.

The surgical correction of craniofacial clefts is an extremely difficult field in pediatric plastic surgery. Facial clefts are rare entities that most plastic surgeons will rarely have to manage. Various surgical techniques devised by some authors for facial clefts have not still widely accepted. The bifid nose deformity is generally an indicator of Tessier No:0 clefts, with various degrees of skeletal problems. The nasal roof area is an important key point in determining the appropriate surgical technique for reconstruction. In this report, a case of Tessier No:0 with a moderate nasal bifidity and ours novel surgical repair technique combining oral and nasal incision are presented.

Child↗
PubMed2005

Use of adhesives in cleft palate surgery: a new flap fixation technique.

N-Butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (NB2C) is a synthetic tissue adhesive, and it has been used in many surgical procedures. This study was aimed at evaluating its efficacy in cleft palate repairs. Fifteen patients with soft palate and hard palate clefts had clefts repaired with the use of this synthetic adhesive. The ages at repair ranged from 11 months to 17 years, with an average of 2.4 years. Follow-up time ranged from 14 months to 24 months. No complications were found. The advantages of using NB2C were shorter operative time, more pushback gained, better hemostasis, early and well-tolerated feeding, tension-free closure, and better patient comfort. This study shows NB2C as a useful adjunctive material for affixing the mucoperiosteal flaps to the hard palate.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2003

Early results of a modified technique of cryosurgery.

The objective of this study was to present a simple, convenient, and reliable technique for the application of liquid nitrogen and to evaluate the effectiveness of curettage and cryosurgery. Between 1992 and 2002, 24 patients who had benign aggressive and low-grade malignant bone tumors were treated by curettage and cryosurgery. While cryosurgery was applied by the "direct pour" technique in the first seven patients, it was applied by the "pressurized spraying" technique in the others. Functional results were graded according to Enneking. The mean follow-up was 47 (range 9-131) months. There were no local recurrences. Three patients who underwent the direct pour technique developed partial skin necrosis. The functional results were excellent in 14 patients, good in six, and fair in four. When compared with previous reports on cryosurgery and its application techniques, we detected no tumor recurrence or complications, including soft-tissue injury, infection, and late fracture with liquid nitrogen applied by the pressurized spraying technique.

Adolescent↗