title: Surgery combined with copper wire implantation in the management of cavernous orofacial haemangiomas.
abstract: This paper describes the management of a case of an extensive orofacial haemangioma by surgery combined with copper wire implantation. This technique of copper wire implantation in the management of orofacial haemangiomas was carried out for the first time in Jamaica by the authors. The use of percutaneous copper needles to induce therapeutic coagulation in cavernous haemangiomas, however, is not new, and this has been the basis of the use of copper wire.
authors.affiliation: Cornwall Dental Centre, Montego Bay, Jamaica, West Indies.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ogunsalu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fray
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002610:Cheek / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003300:Copper; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques
chemical_list: D003300:Copper