Background: Aliaxin fillers (HA), produced by IBSA Farmaceutici Italia SrL (Italy), are biodegradable, non-pyrogenic, 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether cross-linked hyaluronic acid (HA) hydrogels. The formulations are tailored for different clinical indications, ensuring precise and natural outcomes. Their cohesivity and tissue integration capabilities are associated with relatively few adverse events (AEs), supporting their widespread use in aesthetic treatments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlast Aesthet Nurs (Phila)
September 2024
Philos Ethics Humanit Med
February 2024
This article addresses some critical aspects of the relationship between aesthetic medicine (AM) and ethics and proposes a possible deontological ethical line to pursue based on current practices. The role of AM has always been controversial and suffers from unclear practical and moral boundaries, even within academic settings, since it aims to improve the appearance of individuals, not to cure a disease. Today, it is essential and pertinent to discuss these issues, as AM specialists are dealing with a growing and increasingly demanding patient population that has undergone profound evolution in recent years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe accuracy of panoramic radiography (RX) and ultrasound (US) in the evaluation of both the length of the osteotomic gap and the quality of new bone formation in patients undergoing mandibular distraction osteogenesis (DO) was assessed, verifying the results against intraoperative and histologic findings. In 31 patients, three RX and three US examinations were performed after DO. RX and US findings were each independently compared, at the time of distractor removal, to the direct intraoperative measurement of the osteotomic gap and to the histologic evaluation of the maturity of a resected specimen.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This clinical case represents a particular application of vertical distraction osteogenesis of the mandible. The surgical technique was applied to an iliac crest bone graft previously positioned on an anterior mandibular defect with the aim to restore the vertical height after a partial resorption in a trauma patient.
Case Report: Distraction osteogenesis was applied because it was necessary to restore the mandibular height in a young male patient who presented with a post-trauma anterior mandibular bony deficiency.