Modified compartmental resection—is mandibulotomy access justified?

Modified Mandibulotomy Technique to Reduce Postoperative Complications: 5-Year Results

PURPOSE To review the 5-year outcomes of our modified mandibulotomy technique. Retrospective review of a tertiary level oral cancer center. MATERIALS AND METHODS During a 5-year period, 30 patients who had a uniform surgical technique consisting of a lower lip-splitting, modified stair-step osteotomy with thin saw blade and osteotome after plate-precontouring and combination fixation with mon...

Swing Mandibulotomy Access to Deep Lobe Parotid Tumors Case Reviews

Pleomorphic adenoma is the most common salivary gland tumor [1]. Most of these tumors originate in the superficial lobe with few involving the deeper lobe with medial extensions in to the adjacent parapharyngeal space (PPS) [2]. These tumors are generally considered to be benign even if the lesion presents with varied histological features due to different components with myxoid or, chondroid c...

Justified Beliefs by Justified Arguments

The paper addresses how the information state of an agent relates to the arguments that the agent endorses. Information states are modeled in doxastic logic and arguments by recasting abstract argumentation theory in a modal logic format. The two perspectives are combined by an application of the theory of product logics, delivering sound and complete systems in which the interaction of argumen...

Justified inference

In this essay, I shall propose a general conception of the kind of inference that counts as justified or rational. This conception involves a version of the idea that justified belief is “closed” under competent inference—that is, roughly, whenever one competently infers a conclusion from a set of premises each of which one justifiedly believes, this inference always puts one in a position to h...

GMSC reaffirms support for modified data access.