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UNLABELLED: One area of anatomy, which is a true passage of secrecy, is the anatomy of the potential anatomical spaces. The study of the fascial layers of the head and neck and the potential spaces they make-up is both fascinating and confusing. Much of the confusion is a function of the multiple synonymous terms and classifications that various authors use, and not the basic anatomical description. Their anatomy and communications, to the base of skull and downward to diaphragm, acts like a route through which infection from mouth and throat can reach the superior mediastinum. CONCLUSIONS: Understanding the anatomy of the parapharyngeal space is important in making a correct diagnosis and surgical plan for removing tumors in this region.
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Pharyngeal Neoplasms/pathology , Pharyngeal Neoplasms/surgery , Pharyngectomy , Pharynx/pathology , Algorithms , History, 17th Century , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Nasopharynx/pathology , Oropharynx/pathology , Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures , Pharyngeal Diseases/diagnosis , Pharyngeal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Pharyngeal Neoplasms/history , Pharyngectomy/history , Pharyngectomy/methods , Retrospective Studies , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW: A number of significant events and research findings during the past 15 years have led to the dental profession's growing involvement in tobacco-use intervention activities. The author presents an overview of events and people responsible for the progress in furthering the cause of dentistry's activism in tobacco-use prevention and control. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Dentistry has led the health professions in establishing a protocol for the prevention of tobacco use, a health behavior that causes or contributes to various oral diseases and adverse conditions. Dentists practicing in the 21st century cannot ignore patients' tobacco use. Treatment prognoses for periodontal therapy, wound healing, dental implants, cosmetic treatments and cancer therapy all are compromised by patients' tobacco use. Dentists must know what to do and say to prevent patients' tobacco use and aid patients in its cessation.
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Tobacco Industry/history , Tobacco Use Cessation/history , American Dental Association/history , Congresses as Topic/history , History, 20th Century , Humans , Mouth Neoplasms/etiology , Mouth Neoplasms/history , Periodontal Diseases/etiology , Periodontal Diseases/history , Pharyngeal Neoplasms/etiology , Pharyngeal Neoplasms/history , Plants, Toxic , Smoking/adverse effects , Smoking/history , Tobacco Industry/legislation & jurisprudence , Tobacco, Smokeless/adverse effects , Tobacco, Smokeless/history , United StatesABSTRACT
We present historical review of pharyngooesophageal reconstruction after resection for carcinoma and pharynx and oesophagus stenosis. This paper presents development and complications after surgical treatment of pharynx and oesophagus. The most important of pharynx and oesophagus resection is reconstructive surgery.