Prostheses

Recent studies by R. Kummoona and co-authors add new data to prostheses findings

Published in Medical Device Business Week, September 16th, 2009

According to recent research from Baghdad, Iraq, "This clinical research was carried out in the Maxillofacial Unit, Surgical Specialties Hospital, Medical City, Baghdad, and included 188 patients with mandibular defects. The patients' ages ranged from 4 to 70 years (mean, 37 years); 60 of them were female, and 128 were male."

"One hundred twenty-six patients represent 67.03% of total cases with benign and locally aggressive tumors and malignant tumors of the mandible and oral cavity. Eighty-four cases (44.68%) of these were benign, 42 cases (22.34%) were malignant tumors, and 62 patients constitute about 32.98% with mandibular defect of posttraumatic missile injuries....

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Source: Medical Device Business Week (2009-09-16)

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