title: [Mouth opening limitations due to soft tissue lesions].
abstract: Mouth opening limitations following on soft tissue lesions are subdivided according to aetiology into collagen disease connectival lesions, cutaneous and mucosa lesions consequent on the action of physical agents and, finally, cicatricial lesions of the cheeks and lips as a result of surgery for cancer or trauma. The commonest forms of plastic surgery used to correct such lesions are reviewed.
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications*; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications; D008865:Microstomia / Q000150:complications; D011855:Radiodermatitis / Q000150:complications; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D014313:Trismus / Q000209:etiology*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Le limitazioni dell'apertura della bocca conseguenti a lesioni dei tessuti molli