Prosthetic rehabilitation of combined facial defect resulting after arteriovenous malformation.
Authors
Ksenia Veselova, Natalia Gromova, Irina Antonova, Igor Kalakutskii
Abstract
This clinical report details the rehabilitation of a patient who underwent surgical treatment of arteriovenous malformation located in facial tissues. The treatment led to extensive facial defect including orbital region, nose, zygomatic arch, part of maxilla. Prosthetic re habilitation was chosen in order to improve esthetics. With the aid of prosthesis retention 5 extraoral implants were placed. In spite of wrong position of 1 implant, complex configuration of the defect, expressed vascular pattern on the skin surround defect, impermanent swelling of the facial tissues, appropriate result was achieved.