CoRad-19 - Modular Digital Teaching during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.

Purpose: During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, higher education worldwide had to switch to digital formats. The purpose of this study was to evaluate CoRad-19, a digital teaching tool created by the German Radiological Society for medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Materials And Methods: A total of 13 German-speaking universities implemented CoRad-19 in their curriculum and partially or completely replaced their classes with the online courses.

Lipofilling of the lower eyelids: A craniofacial tool to postpone the facial advancement in craniofacial syndromes.

Purpose: Many genetic diseases are responsible for a defect in the growth of the maxilla. Craniofacial syndromes such as Crouzon syndrome or Apert syndrome are typically associated with a major hypoplasia in the midface responsible for exophthalmos, leading to palpebral malocclusion and frequent corneal complications. Several treatments have been used to manage ocular protection in craniofacial syndromes such as tarsorrhaphy, a fronto-orbital advancement and/or a Lefort III osteotomy with or without distraction.

Is computer-assisted design and manufacturing technology useful in the surgical management of trigonocephaly?

The aim of this study is to assess the usefulness of CAD/CAM technology in the surgical treatment of trigonocephaly compared to conventional surgical treatment. Children operated from trigonocephaly between 2017 and 2019 at the French Referral Center for craniosynostosis of Femme-Mère-Enfant Hospital of Lyon, France, were included and separated in two groups. Group 1 included children operated on trigonocephaly using CAD-CAM technology; Group 2 included children operated on trigonocephaly without CAD-CAM technology.

Coronal and lambdoid suture evolution following total vault remodeling for scaphocephaly.

Objective: Different types of surgical procedures are utilized to treat craniosynostosis. In most procedures, the fused suture is removed. There are only a few reports on the evolution of sutures after surgical correction of craniosynostosis.

Metopic triangle osteotomy in trigonocephaly Piezosurgery: a technical variant to control metopic emissary veins.

Premature fusion of the metopic suture results in trigonocephaly with variable degrees of anterior cranial fossa dysmorphia and craniofacial deformity. Different surgical corrective techniques that aim to reshape the forehead and enlarge the cranial volume have been described. Typical variations of the standard fronto-orbitary advancement carry the risk of relevant blood loss during frontal osteotomy, where paired emissary metopic veins are disrupted.

Craniofacial bone alterations in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1.

Osseous manifestations of neurofibromatosis 1 (NF-1) occur in a minority of the affected subjects but may be because of significant clinical impairment. Typically, they involve the long bones, commonly the tibia and the fibula, the vertebrae, and the sphenoid wing. The pathogenesis of NF-1 focal osseous lesions and its possible relationships with other osseous NF-1 anomalies leading to short stature are still unknown, though it is likely that they depend on a common mechanism acting in a specific subgroup of NF-1 patients.

Leukocyte-rich PRP versus leukocyte-poor PRP The role of monocyte/macrophage function in the healing cascade.

The mechanism of action of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is thought to be related to the biomolecules present in α-granules. However, for the healing process to occur, an inflammatory phase is also deemed necessary. Leukocytes present in the inflammatory phase release both pro- and anti-inflammatory molecules.

[Short osteotomy use in orthognathic surgery: benefit, disadvantage and perspective].

Introduction:  The short osteotomy was first reported by Blair in 1907 and was later described and characterized by Kater and Paulus in 2013. The technique involves an oblique supra-lingular osteotomy from internal to external, from top to bottom and from back to front. It is designed to divide the ramus into two segments, the joint and the mandibular body, and to ensure minimal valve equivalents.

Control of metopic emissary veins in trigonocephaly surgery. Technical note.

Introduction: Trigonocephaly with its premature fusion of the metopic synostosis is associated with a risk of cerebral compression and several craniofacial morphological deformations. Numerous surgical techniques have been proposed to enlarge and reshape the forehead. They all carry a risk of bleeding during osteotomies, especially in the region of the superior sagittal sinus (SSS) encased in the early fused suture and of the paired metopic transosseous emissary veins superior to the glabella, which is typical of this type of synostosis.

Contributions for classification of platelet rich plasma - proposal of a new classification: MARSPILL.

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has emerged as a significant therapy used in medical conditions with heterogeneous results. There are some important classifications to try to standardize the PRP procedure. The aim of this report is to describe PRP contents studying celular and molecular components, and also propose a new classification for PRP.

Giant Hemifacial Fibrous Dysplasia Functional Treatment and Place of Pamidronate.

The authors report the case of a 9-year-old child with severe form of hemifacial fibrous dysplasia. The authors review the pathology of this treatment modality through the case description and detail the place of pamidronate in the treatment of fibrous dysplasia.

[Possibilities and limits of orthodontico-surgical treatments in case of macrodontia].

Introduction: Tooth-arch discrepancy is a disproportion between dental volume and bone base. Extraction therapy can be a solution in case of excessive tooth volume and insufficient basal bone length. Techniques including bone distraction popularized by Ilizarov in the fifties allow the increase of the basal arch length in the maxilla as well as in the mandible.

[Short sagittal osteotomy].

Bilateral sagittal split osteotomy has become the standard mandibular surgery for the treatment of dento-facial deformities. Even patients with less important deformities may undergo surgery. The morbidity must be as low as possible.

Surgical correction of transverse skeletal abnormalities in the maxilla and mandible.

The correction of transverse skeletal abnormalities occupies a special place in orthognathic surgery. Maxillofacial surgeons employ a variety of techniques, but treatment stability remains a common problem. This paper presents a range of therapeutic options with special emphasis on two little-known techniques for correcting transverse skeletal abnormalities: symphyseal distraction and mandibular constriction.