Effectiveness of a Custom-Made Temporary Obturator after Bilateral Total Maxillectomy
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An effective, inexpensive, temporary surgical obturator following maxillectomy.
INTRODUCTION Restoring the normal separation that exists between the oral cavity and the nasal cavity is critical in allowing a patient to maintain speech and swallowing function after maxillectomy. Failure of adequate separation after maxillectomy will often result in severe oronasal incompetence, which is generally not possible for the patient to overcome without intervention. Two broad categ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Surgical Science
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2157-9407,2157-9415
DOI: 10.4236/ss.2013.47063