Multimodal ultrasonography evaluation in thyroid nodule characterization: what is the ideal algorithm?

Aims: The aim of this study is to investigate the diagnostic performances of Ultrasonography (US), Shear-wave Elastography (SWE), and Superb Microvascular Imaging (SMI) findings in the diagnosis of malignant thyroid nodules (MTNs) and to determine the US algorithm with the best diagnostic performance.

Material And Methods: Eighty-one nodules in 77 patients who had underwent multimodal US with biopsy results, were evaluated. Echogenicity, nodule components, contours, presence and type of calcification, and size were analyzed with US.

Community Masks - from an Emergency Solution to an Innovation Booster for the Textile Industry.

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in shortages of personal protective equipment and medical devices in the initial phase. Agile small and medium-sized enterprises from regional textile industries reacted quickly. They delivered alternative products such as textile-based community masks in collaboration with industrial partners and research institutes from various sectors.

On the durability of surgical masks after simulated handling and wear.

After the spread of COVID-19, surgical masks became highly recommended to the public. They tend to be handled and used multiple times, which may impact their performance. To evaluate this risk, surgical masks of Type IIR were submitted to four simulated treatments: folding, ageing with artificial saliva or sweat and washing cycles.

Correction of septal and midface hypoplasia in maxillonasal dysplasia (Binder's syndrome) using high-density porous polyethylene.

Background: Maxillonasal dysplasia (Binder's syndrome) is a congenital malformation characterized by an extremely flat and retruded nose.

Methods: This report describes an 18-year-old woman with maxillonasal dysplasia (Binder's syndrome). The septal deficiencies and maxillary retrusion of the patient were corrected by using an L-shaped implant and a crescent-shaped high-density porous polyethylene implant through the oral vestibular sulcus via an external rhinoplasty approach.

7-plasty technique for the surgical treatment of congenital longitudinal ear lobe cleft.

The ear lobe plays an important part in the aesthetic appearance of the auricle. The clefts of the ear lobe may vary in a wide range of severity from a simple notching to extensive tissue deficiency. We have operated on a congenital longitudinal ear lobe cleft using an alternative surgical method and obtained a favorable result.

"Reading man flap" design for reconstruction of circular infraorbital and malar skin defects.

Background: Surgical complications such as lid retraction and ectropion from graft or flap scar contracture make reconstruction of skin defects in the malar and infraorbital regions challenging.

Objective: A new flap design, the reading man flap, was used to overcome these problems. The Limberg and bilobed flap were compared with the reading man flap.

Nicolau syndrome aggravated by cold application after i.m. diclofenac.

Nicolau syndrome is a rare but well-recognized cutaneous adverse drug reaction at the site of i.m. injection of certain drugs.