title: The Management of Patients after Surgical Treatment of Maxillofacial Tumors.
abstract: Morphological and functional disturbances induced by postsurgical defects and loss of tissues in the stomatognathic system due to the treatment of tumors in the maxillofacial region determine the therapeutic needs of patients. The study aimed at clinical and epidemiological evaluation of patients under prosthetic treatment in order to establish the algorithm for rehabilitation. The study group was composed of the patients after midface surgery (45.74%); surgery in a lower part of the face (47.38%); mixed postoperative losses (3.44%); loss of face tissues and surgery in other locations in the head and neck region (3.44%). The supplementary treatment was applied in 69.63% of patients. Clinical and additional examinations were performed to obtain the picture of postoperative loss, its magnitude, and location to plan the strategy of prosthetic rehabilitation. The management algorithm for prosthetic rehabilitation in patients after surgical treatment of maxillofacial neoplasms was based on its division in stages. The location and magnitude of postoperative losses, as well as the implementation of supplementary treatment of the patients after treatment of maxillofacial tumors, influence the planning of prosthetic rehabilitation that plays a key role and facilitates the patients' return to their prior living situation, occupational and family lives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rolski
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-1554-293X
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kostrzewa-Janicka
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial and Oral Surgery and Implantology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zawadzki
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Internal and Metabolic Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw and Systemic Vasculitis Outpatient Clinic, Czerniakowski Hospital, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Życińska
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mierzwińska-Nastalska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018786:Bone Substitutes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013515:Surgery, Oral / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D018786:Bone Substitutes