Original Article
A 5-Year Survey of Oral Biopsies in an Oral Surgical Unit in Singapore: 1993-1997
There are a variety of pathological conditions that present in the oral cavity. While clinical and radiographic examination will suggest a provisional diagnosis, histological...
The Role of Multiple Segment Osteotomies in Orthognathic Surgery
Multiple segment osteotomy (MSO) orthognathic surgery serves to combine total or segmental maxillary and mandibular correction of dentofacial deformities with concurrent diastematic procedures to...
Epidemiology of Cleft Lip and Palate in Singapore—A 10-Year Hospital-based Study
With the control of most infectious diseases and malnutrition, congenital malformations are now one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality among...
Sutures, Growth Plates and the Craniofacial Base—Experimental Studies in the Toothless (tl-Osteopetrotic) Rat
Craniofacial development is a complex multidimensional process that depends in large part on growth in the cranial base at several growth centres posteriorly and...
Surface Laser Scanning of the Cleft Palate Deformity —Validation of the Method
Cleft palate morphology and palatal dimensional changes due to growth and treatment have been analysed by numerous quantitative techniques. Many of these methods, however,...
Intraoral Mandibular Distraction: Indications, Technique and Long-term Results
Distraction osteogenesis is rapidly becoming a mainstream treatment modality for the early management of the patient with mandibular hypoplasia. Following early clinical experience with...
A Review of Mandibular Fractures in a Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Centre
The mandible occupies a unique position in the facial skeleton, being both the aesthetic and functional foundation of the lower third of the face....
Aetiology and Distribution of Mandibular Fractures in the National University Hospital, Singapore
Apart from the nasal bone, the mandible is the most commonly fractured bone in the face. It is also the 10th most often broken...
Changing the Institutional Practice of Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery...
In the past, cardiac patients in this institution were ventilated postoperatively for a prolonged period, frequently overnight. Since 1997 some of our cardiac anaesthetists...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Brain Metastases: Magnetisation Transfer or Triple Dose Gadolinium?
Accurate detection of brain metastases is an important part of tumour staging. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is well accepted as a sensitive tool in...