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Preliminary results of maxillectomy in the dog and cat
Author(s) -
EMMS S. G.,
HARVEY C. E.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1986.tb02141.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fibrosarcoma , surgery , cats , basal cell , osteoradionecrosis , radiation therapy , osteomyelitis , dehiscence , complication , pathology
Maxillectomy was used in the treatment of 23 dogs and four cats with oral tumours and one dog with osteomyelitis. The major post‐operative complication was wound dehiscence. All dehiscences occurred in dogs with tumour epicentres caudal to PM 1 . Maxillectomy in eight dogs with oral fibrosarcoma gave disappointing results (median survival time of 7 months and a median tumour‐free interval of 3½ months). Three of four dogs with squamous cell carcinoma were tumour free after a minimum follow‐up period of 6 months; two of these dogs received orthovoltage radiation therapy following surgery. Maxillectomy provided excellent local control of benign tumours: three epulides and one atypical odontogenic tumour did not recur (minimum follow‐up period was 10 months); an osteoma recurred after 17 months. Four cats, three with squamous cell carcinoma and one with fibrosarcoma, developed local tumour recurrence within 4 months.