Electrocautery, Harmonic, and Thunderbeat Instruments in Parotid Surgery: A Retrospective Comparative Study.

The aim of this retrospective study has been to compare the surgical outcomes of patients undergoing superficial parotidectomy with three different instruments: bipolar electrocautery, ultrasound, and mixed energy instruments. The clinical records of 102 patients who had undergone superficial parotidectomy for benign tumors between January 2016 and April 2022 were considered. Based on the tool used during the surgery, the patients were divided into three study groups: classic electrocautery hemostasis group (CH group), ultrasonic instrument group (HA group), and combined energy instrument group (TB group).

SECg Staging System: A New Approach to the Management of Arteriovenous Malformations of the Head and Neck.

Objectives: Arteriovenous malformations (AVM) are the most troublesome vascular malformations to deal with. They tend to behave like low-grade malignancies with infiltrative and disruptive growth. Crucially, the clinical course of an AVM that has been improperly managed is usually characterized by a recurrence that is much more aggressive than the original disease.

Lipofilling of the upper eyelid to treat paralytic lagophthalmos.

Lagophthalmos is one of the most unpleasant and dangerous conditions that affect patients with facial palsy. The lack of ocular protection leads to corneal problems (such as conjunctival infections, acute and chronic keratitis, corneal ulcerations, and blindness). A dynamic reanimation of blinking eyelids is the therapeutic gold standard.

Percutaneous sclerotherapy with gelified ethanol of low-flow vascular malformations of the head and neck region: preliminary results.

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of percutaneous sclerotherapy using gelified ethanol in patients with low-flow malformations (LFMs).

Methods: A retrospective study was performed, analyzing treatment and outcome data of 6 patients that presented with 7 LFMs (3 lymphatic and 3 venous). Median diameter of LFMs was 6 cm (interquartile range [IQR], 4.

Vascular malformations of the orbit (lymphatic, venous, arteriovenous): Diagnosis, management and results.

Vascular malformations are often found inside the orbit. Isolated venous malformations (frequently misnamed as cavernous hemangiomas) are the most frequent among these. However, also lymphatic and arteriovenous malformations can affect the orbit.

Surgical correction of hypertrophic upper lip in vascular malformations.

Capillary malformations (CMs) and Lymphatic malformations (LMs) are vascular malformations that share a common tendency to cause soft and hard tissue hypertrophy, expressed in the three dimensions of the space. The middle third of the face is the most commonly involved area, with a predominance of the upper lip. To our knowledge, no paper has previously focused on the surgical technique to correct such deformities.

Endoscopic endonasal repair with polyethylene implants in medial orbital wall fractures: A prospective study on 25 cases.

The aim of the study was to assess the mid-term effectiveness and safety of an original technique consisting of reconstructing fractures of the medial wall of the orbit with porous polyethylene implants with an exclusive transnasal approach. Twenty-five patients were treated. Each patient underwent a pre-operative ophthalmologic evaluation and a CT scan.

[Stress in the workplace].

This paper examines a complex argument such as stress, focusing on those elements of the work environment that play a significant role in the generation of its symptomatology or exercising a protective function against it. Two factors have to be examined in order to understand and predict stress at work: the individuals' behavior and the organizational and environmental context. The scientific-pragmatic approach proposed by Behavior Analysis is examined.