Challenges for Medical Students in Applying Ethical Principles to Allocate Life-Saving Medical Devices During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Content Analysis.

Background: The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a significant ethical dilemma in the allocation of scarce, life-saving medical equipment to critically ill patients. It remains uncertain whether medical students are equipped to navigate this complex ethical process.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the ability and confidence of medical students to apply principles of medical ethics in allocating critical medical devices through the scenario of virtual patients.

A Rare Giant Nasofrontal Meningoencephalocele with Nasal and Visual Obstruction.

The encephalocele is a malformation that is manifested by the protrusion of brain tissue through a defect in the skull. The meningoencephalocele contains the meninges and brain tissue. Frontoethmoidal or nasal meningoencephalocele is rare; the frequency is approximately one in 40,000 live births.

Rapid, efficient auxin-inducible protein degradation in pathogens.

A variety of inducible protein degradation (IPD) systems have been developed as powerful tools for protein functional characterization. IPD systems provide a convenient mechanism for rapid inactivation of almost any target protein of interest. Auxin-inducible degradation (AID) is one of the most common IPD systems and has been established in diverse eukaryotic research model organisms.

Prelaminated Temporoparietal Osteofascial Flap: A Novel Nasal Reconstruction Technique.

Nasal reconstruction can be a difficult task to perform. It is a challenge when the defect to be reconstructed is extensive and involves the entire thickness of the nose. The difficulty is further increased when a recurrent tumor is removed, where other flaps were previously used to reconstruct the initial defect.

Hinge Flap of Rectus Abdominis Muscle Combined with Component Separation Technique: Clinical Cases.

Some techniques to reconstruct the abdominal wall have been published, including the component separation procedure. The contribution of the rectus abdominis flap in the reconstruction of a giant incisional hernia is reported. The authors report three clinical cases in which the component separation technique was insufficient to reconstruct a giant midline incisional hernia.