This report describes two cases of severe adductor muscle spasm during transurethral resection of bladder tumours and subsequent successful management with the help of obturator nerve block. Obturator nerve blocks are useful during surgery to remove large, advanced tumours in the distal lateral wall of the bladder.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of an oblique obturator radiograph in bone marrow aspiration. The authors retrospectively reviewed 22 patients who underwent bone marrow aspiration guided by the real-time oblique obturator radiograph while in a supine position at their institution between November 2009 and August 2010. The mean duration of bone marrow aspiration was 35±9 second...

Patients who have undergone maxillectomy as a result of carcinoma or facial trauma have facial disfigurement, i.e., associated with long-term psychosocial effects. Prosthetic rehabilitation of such patient becomes difficult due to numerous clinical and technical problems.1 Obturator prosthesis remains the treatment of choice over surgical reconstruction due to ease of fabrication and maintainan...

Maxillary defects are created by surgical treatment of benign or malignant neoplasms, congenital malformation and by trauma. The size and location of the defects in ̄uence the degree of impairment and dif®culty in prosthetic rehabilitation. Lack of support, retention, and stability are common prosthodontic treatment problems for patients who have had a maxillectomy. A prosthesis used to close a ...

•Intraoperative injury of the obturator nerve is not an infrequent complication of gynecological surgeries.•This injury can occur in association with pelvic lymphadenectomy for uterine or cervical cancer.•This manuscript demonstrates an alternative technique for the obturator nerve repair, when primary end to end anastomosis is not possible.

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to assess quality of life (QoL) and obturator functioning in patients having undergone a maxillectomy as a tumor ablative resection and rehabilitation with a prosthetic obturator. MATERIALS AND METHODS The University of Washington Quality of Life scale version 4 (UW-QoLv4) and the Obturator Functioning Scale (OFS) were used to evaluate the self-reported QoL a...

Prosthodontic rehabilitation for an acquired maxillary defect begins immediately at the time of surgical resection. Abrupt alteration of physiologic functions such as speech, mastication, deglutition, and salivary control associated with ablative surgery requires timely prosthetic intervention. Prosthetic rehabilitation begins with a surgical obturator, which is inserted at the time of surgery ...

Surgical resection in oral and facial area caused by malign tumor results in loss of morphological and functional integrity of the upper jaw and the adjacent anatomic structures [1]. In these anatomo-morphological conditions, phonetics, mastication and swallowing functions are impaired, the symmetry of the face is lost, communication between nasal and oral cavity is present and patient’s qualit...

BACKGROUND Pyomyositis is a rare condition in immune competent patients and is usually seen in tropical countries. Pyomyositis of obturator muscles in particular is an extremely rare condition, which causes hip pain and mimics septic arthritis. CASE REPORT This is a case report of a 9-year-old boy without an underlying disease or a compromised immune system, who presented with knee pain that ...