Nagpur: As part of the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon Day on February 13, the Government of Dental College & Hospital (GDCH) will begin rehabilitation of around 80 victims of mucormycosis, whose face was left defective after last year’s surgical procedure.
The victims will receive zygomatic implants (cheekbones) specifically patients, including someone getting reconstruction on Monday.
Surgery will be followed by the explanation of the Mukormycosis victims by the GDCH oral Maxilofacial Operations Department.
“During the Covid pandemic, we effectively treated more than 116 patients.
This, more than 80, including 53 men and 27 women, received surgical management.
Surgical procedures include bone removal around teeth for 23 patients, zygoma resection in 10, bone removal Maxilla in 27, Bi-lateral maxillectomy in 19, and mandibulectomy in one patient, “said Gdch Dean Datakar.
He added that reconstruction was carried out on three survivors with special implants of patients while the dental prosthesis was given to 80 patients.
“All patients remaining will also receive rehabilitation,” he said.
Dr.
Datarkar said the second wave caused the most dangerous post-covid complications in the form of mukormycosis.
“Because it affects the most important maxillofacial region, it forces procedures such as maxillectomy, mandibulectomy and sometimes eliminate zygomatic areas as well.
With this, the roles and responsibilities of the maxillofacial surgeon increases and their new care and reconstruction is the main focus field,” he said .
Oral and maxillary operations handle the diagnosis and management of stomatognic system diseases, jawbones, cranio-maxillofacial regions, salivary glands and temporomandibular joints etc.
in this framework, it also supports many vital organs such as eyes, oropharynx, nasopharynx and the main blood of ships and nerves.
Traumatic injuries from the maxillofacial framework independently managed by oral and maxillofacial surgeons.
“Every time an orbital injury, the eye doctors are trained only to overcome the injury to the eyeball (globe) but if there are related injuries from the orbital framework, the maxillofacial surgeon is involved in its reconstruction.
Most of the nose bone fracture is associated with maxillary bone fractures, mandibular And zygomatic, which is managed by oral and maxillofacial surgeons, “he said.
Maxillofacial face injury when dealing with head injury too.
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons are involved in managing cleft lip and cleft ceiling, orthognathic operations, micro vascular operations, reconstructive surgical procedures and maxillofacial regions.
Privileges of oral and maxillofacial operations are multi-disciplinary specialties and needs that work in coordination with neurosurgeons, onkosurgeon, ophthalmologists, ENT surgeons and plastic surgeons.
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