What is maxillectomy surgery?
A maxillectomy is the surgical removal or resection of the maxilla or upper jaw bone. A maxillectomy may be total or partial.
How long does it take to recover from a maxillectomy?
Recovery from a maxillectomy depends on the extent of the procedure you have had. Often, a one to two week hospital stay is needed. In some cases, a temporary feeding tube may be needed to provide you with nutrition during and after the healing process.
How is maxillectomy performed?
Your surgeon will need to cut through your upper jaw (maxilla) to remove the tumour. The operation involves removing of some of the bone in your maxilla, part of the roof of your mouth, and possibly some of your teeth. This will allow your surgeon to remove the tumour and a margin of healthy tissue around it.
What is an infrastructure maxillectomy?
Infrastructure maxillectomy: The hard palate, teeth, and lower part of the bone are removed. The orbital floor is kept intact. This procedure will require a free flap to reconstruct the area or an obturator. • Superstructure maxillectomy: The hard palate is kept intact.
What is a Palatectomy?
Palatectomy. A palatectomy is the removal of part or all of the bony roof of the mouth (hard palate) to remove cancerous and noncancerous tumors. After the tumor is removed, reconstruction may only require a denture fabricated by our maxillofacial prosthodontists to establish form and function.
What is a medial maxillectomy?
Endoscopic medial maxillectomy (EMM) is a radical procedure that involves removal of the uncinate process, the bulla, the inferior turbinate, the middle turbinate, and the medial wall of the maxilla (including the nasolacrimal duct) to provide access to the maxillary sinus.
What is endoscopic medial maxillectomy?
What is radical maxillectomy?
Bilateral rostral radical maxillectomy is the most aggressive maxillofacial procedure performed in cats and dogs. This procedure is indicated for extensive malignant tumors of the rostral maxilla which across the midline and extend caudally and dorsally into the nasal cavity.
What conditions would require an obturator?
The palatal obturator is also used when there is tissue loss, and can be downsized for strengthening of the tissue to occur. They are needed when individuals have cleft palates.
What is Transmaxillary approach?
The transmaxillary approach (Level V), also known as the Le Fort I osteotomy approach, is indicated for midline extradural lesions of the upper two-thirds of the clivus. Extensive lateral and intradural access is limited with this approach.
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