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JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF HEAD NECK & SPINE SURGERY Parapharyngeal Space Tumors - "A Surgical Challenge" Authored by Gauri Kokane Parapharyngeal space tumors are rare entity. Overall incidence is less than 0.5%. These tumors are divided into prestyloid and post styloid tumors. Salivary gland neoplasma are common in prestyloid compartment whereas Neurogenic tumors in post styloid compartment. As these tumors are painless and does not express signs and symptoms at early stage, diagnosis of such tumors needs critical evaluation. Anatomic complexity of PPS makes surgical excision more challenging. We have reported 4 cases of parapharyngeal space tumors over a period of 10 years. For Read More... Full text click on: https://juniperpublishers.com/jhnss/JHNSS.MS.ID.555587.php For More Articles in Journal of head neck and spine surgery please click on: https://juniperpublishers.com/jhnss/index.php For More Open Acces...

JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF HEAD NECK & SPINE SURGERY Incidence, Recurrence and Complications after Facial Skin Cancer Excision: Retrospective Analysis of Multi-Institutional Experiences Authored by  Yasser Helm Ali Objectives: Skin cancer varies in incidence according to Geography, sun exposure, genetic predilection, skin type and many other factors. Definite treatment of skin cancer requires multidisciplinary approach. Surgery is usually giving a strong hand in skin cancer management regardless to the size of the lesion. This study is designed to evaluate the incidence, recurrence and complications in patients, who had undergone facial skin cancer excision then reconstruction. Material and Methods: Retro analysis review was conducted for the complications that had happened in patients who were having facial skin cancer and underwent excision then reconstruction. Of 254 cases, 54, 25 and 175 cases were submitted to direct sk...

JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF HEAD NECK & SPINE SURGERY Acute Calcific Prevertebral Tendinitis Nonvisible in Plain Radiograph Authored by   Ick Soo Choi Calcific tendinitis of the longus colli is an inflammatory disease caused by calcium hydroxyapatite crystal deposition in the longus colli tendon of the prevertebral space. The typical imaging characteristics of this entity are calcifications on the longus colli tendons at the C1-2 level and fluid collection in the retropharyngeal space in plain radiograph. Usually, calcific lesion can be detected by plain radiograph. We introduce 2 case of prevertebral calcific tendinitis nonvisible in plain radiograph, but the diagnosis was confirmed on computerized tomography. For Read More... Full text click on: https://juniperpublishers.com/jhnss/JHNSS.MS.ID.555600.php For More Articles in Journal of head neck and spine surgery please click on: https://juniperpublishers.com/jhnss/in...