Anterior versus Posterior Scoring of Cartilage in Otoplasty: A Retrospective Patient-related Outcome Measurement Study.

Background: Various surgical techniques are applied to correct prominent ears. However, there are limited data on the effect of otoplasty on patient-related outcome measures, such as cold ears and cold intolerance. This retrospective cohort study describes the occurrence of cold intolerance in 98 patients, with a total of 196 ears in a single center during 6 years (2011-2017).

Higher reconstruction failure and less patient-reported satisfaction after post mastectomy radiotherapy with immediate implant-based breast reconstruction compared to immediate autologous breast reconstruction.

Purpose: To improve shared decision making, clinical- and patient-reported outcomes between immediate implant-based and autologous breast reconstruction followed by postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) were compared.

Methods: All women with in situ and/or invasive breast cancer who underwent skin sparing mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) (autologous- or implant based, one- or two staged) followed by PMRT in the Utrecht region between 2012 and 2016 were selected from the Netherlands Cancer Registry, of which 112 (59%) agreed to participate. The primary outcome was reconstruction failure after the start of radiotherapy, and secondary outcomes were patient-reported outcomes measured with BREAST-Q.

Influence of tumor response and treatment schedule on the distribution of tumor recurrence in esophageal cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.

Background And Objectives: The impact of different neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) schedules and pathologic complete response (pCR) on the distribution of recurrence is unclear in esophageal cancer (EC). We assessed the effect of pCR and nCRT schedule in EC.

Methods: Patients with T1N+/T2-4aN0-3/M0 EC treated in different centers, with either carboplatin/paclitaxel/41.

The Hall Technique 10 years on: Questions and answers.

It is ten years since the first paper on the Hall Technique was published in the British Dental Journal and almost 20 years since the technique first came to notice. Dr Norna Hall a (now retired) general dental practitioner from the north of Scotland had, for many years, been managing carious primary molar teeth by cementing preformed metal crowns over them, with no local anaesthesia, tooth preparation or carious tissue removal. This first report, a retrospective analysis of Dr Hall's treatments, caused controversy.

The opinion of children and their parents about four different types of dental restorations in a public health service in Brazil.

Aim: To investigate the opinion of children and their parents of four different types of restoration placed in primary molars.

Methods: A mixed method study in which both children and their parents were involved. In the quantitative study, children and parents gave their opinion using a face scale about four different types of restoration immediately after placement, evaluating how satisfied they were.