Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to Saeed Ashraf Cheema.
A case of burn injury to lips and cheek mucosa is reported who developed severe contracture of cheek mucosa leading to inability to open mouth. Patient was misdiagnosed as a case of temporomandibular ankylosis and was managed on those lines to no relief. When the contracture was released and soft tissue defect repaired with nasolabial flap, patient gained near normal mouth opening.
Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a rare and often fatal fungal infection in immunocompromised patients. We encountered three women and two men with diabetes and mucormycosis in a period of 4 years. Two of the patients died.
Between January 2001 and December 2002, we studied a total of 702 patients with facial skeletal injuries, of whom 590 (84%) were male and 112 (16%) female. Injuries were most common (218 patients, 31%) in the third decade of life and there were 167 (24%) in the second decade. The most common cause was road traffic collisions (382 patients, 54%) and the second most common was a fall from a height (135 patients, 19%). The mandible was the most common bone to be fractured (473 patients, 67%) followed by the zygoma (209 patients, 30%). There were 199 patients with fractured maxillas (28%).
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of temporal fascia as interpositioning material after treatment of TMJ ankylosis with gap arthroplasty. DESIGN: An interventional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: The study was carried out at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, during June 1999 to June 2001. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 51 patients, 23 males and 28 females, of temporomandibular ankylosis were treated with gap arthroplasty and temporal fascia was used as interpositioning material. RESULTS: Out of 51 cases, 28 had excellent results, 20 were declared good and 3 presented with recurrence. CONCLUSION: Temporal fascia works as excellent interpositioning material with minimum morbidity and no complications. Moreover, it is easier to raise, comes from same operation field and is dispensable.
OBJECTIVE: To find out the number and etiology of fractures of zygomatic bone. DESIGN: Observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: This study was carried out at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mayo Hospital, Lahore from January 2001 to December 2002. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 209 cases were treated during a period of two years. A detailed history and examination was done and findings were confirmed radiologically. RESULTS: There were 184 (88.04%) male and 25 (11.96%) female patients. In 117 (56 %) cases only the zygomatic bone was involved while in the rest of the 92 (44 %) cases, fracture occurred in combination with fracture of other facial bones. The youngest patient in the series was 9 years of age and the oldest of 80 years. Most of the patients were in the third decade of life (35%). Most common etiology was road traffic accidents, followed by interpersonal violence. In half of the road traffic accidents, motorcyclists were involved. CONCLUSION: Most common etiology of the fractured zygomatic bone was road traffic accidents. Measures, like various awareness campaigns, raising the traffic sense in public, wearing helmets while driving the motorcycle, can minimize number of these cases.