Sentences with phrase «mandible surgery»

«Airway reconstruction for specialized cases is a technically demanding procedure that often involves carving cartilage to support and expand a reconstructed trachea,» says Zopf, who has helped develop high fidelity models for ear reconstruction, cleft lip, and mandible surgery.

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Surgery is possible may be advised if the abscess is in or under the skin; abscesses of the middle ear (causing balance problems), in the eyeball (causing blindness), in the mandible (jaw bone) or in the internal organs, are less easy to treat.

Cats with small tumors located on the lower jaw (mandible) that are treated with surgery have a better chance of surviving for one year; however, most will still eventually succumb to the disease.

The owner refused surgery to remove the tumor which would have required removing part of the mandible (jaw).