title: [Plastic surgical treatment of extensive hemangiomas in the oral and maxillofacial regions in children].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate plastic surgical procedures for the extensive soft tissue hemangiomas in the oral and maxillofacial regions in children and to explore prevention methods from surgical complications.
  
  
  METHODS
  134 patients with hemangiomas were surgically treated. The defects of soft tissue were repaired with pedicle flaps or skin grafts. Of the 134 patients, 16 were newborns, 91 infant, 16 at preschool age and 11 at school age. The location of hemangiomas included parotid gland (39.6%), lip (20.9%), buccal (20.1%), suborbital (9%), orbital (7.5%) and nasal region (3%).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Follow-up from 6 months to 5 years showed that the cure rate was 80.6%, apparently effective rate was 15.7%, effective rate was 2.2% and ineffective rate was 1.5%. No major surgical complications were found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Extensive hemangiomas in the oral and maxillofacial regions in children were treated safely using plastic surgical procedures with satisfactory results esthetically and functionally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of SUN Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Wei-liang
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhao-hui
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jing-song
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhi-quan
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jian-guang
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps