Stuart Clark (ENT)

Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon

Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK.

Latest Contribution

Hierarchy of orthognathic surgical stability

27 February 2020 | | Head and Neck | orthognathic surgery, overview of systematic reviews, recurrence, stability, systematic review

This study was designed as “an overview” of secondary studies and analysed 15 articles. Two procedures were considered highly unstable: a bilateral sagittal split osteotomy for clockwise rotation of the mandible with bi-cortical screw rigid internal fixation, and posterior maxillary...

Delays in oral cancer

1 November 2019 | | Head and Neck | Oral cancer, patient delay, professional delay, squamous cell carcinoma, treatment delay

This is a review from Canada where they attempt to relate delays in oral cancer presentation to treatment and the impact on stage, diagnosis and survival. They recognise that potentially the most significant delay is between the patient first noticing...

Locked or unlocked?

1 November 2019 | | Head and Neck | bone plates, conventional plate, locking plate, mandibular fractures, meta-analysis, postoperative complications

This systematic review and meta-analysis from the Netherlands evaluates postoperative complications of mandibular fractures using locking and non-locking systems. It is suggested that postoperative complications of surgical treatment of mandibular fractures occur in 20-26% of patients, and it is thought...