Changes in Volume and Bone Density of Calvarial Grafts After Two Years of Orbital Reconstruction.

One of the greatest challenges in orbital reconstruction is to obtain adequate orbital volume and globe projection after traumatic injury. Autologous bone graft has been considered the gold standard for orbital floor reconstruction, but the harvesting yields many possible complications, such as donor site morbidity. Bone resorption is a frequent problem that can lead to insufficient volume after graft placement.

Primary hepatic gastrinoma, extremely rare case presentation and its surgical resolution, in a third level hospital in Mexico.

The gastrinomas are rare functional neuroendocrine neoplasms, most are localized to the duodenum (70-90%) or the pancreas (2-30%), but less common ectopic sites have been reported. The primary hepatic gastrinoma is extremely rare, with less tan 40 cases reported in the medical literature. Its low incidence and its non specific clinical presentation make it a difficult disease to diagnose.

Assesing Intraoperative Virtual Navigation on My Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship for Orbital Fractures Repair: Is it Useful?

Orbital fractures pose specific challenge in its surgical management. One of the greatest challenges is to obtain satisfactory restoration of normal orbital volume and globe projection following traumatic injury, due to the inability of the surgeon to gain adequate visibility and to verify proper implant position and placement during the operation. Surgical navigation is a very helpful tool when dealing with the reconstruction of such orbital fractures.

The U-Shaped Maxillary Osteotomy: A Novel Resource for the Treatment of the Middle Third Facial Hypoplasia.

The purpose of orthognathic surgery procedures is to manipulate the elements of the facial skeleton to reestablish normal anatomy and function. These elements could be repositioned with the technique known as Le Fort I osteotomy. This technique can be modified to be adapted on each patient, depending on the anomaly presented and the planned objective.

Le Fort II Osteotomy and Modified Technique Presentation.

Introduction: The LeFort II osteotomy has a specific number of indications, thus this is true, there is less experience with the technique. The authors present a modification to the technique and extensive step-by-step procedure explanation in order to share their experience for making a safe surgery.

Material And Methods: A clinical report is presented of a nonsyndromatic patient with nasomaxillary hypoplasia, in which the authors make an LeFort II osteotomy with circumvestibular, transcaruncular, and "W"-shaped approaches, with minimal scar showing, in order to offer better aesthetic outcomes as well as functional and skeletal.

Airway management through submental derivation: a safe and easily reproduced alternative for patients with complex facial trauma.

Objectives: Airway management in patients with panfacial trauma is complicated. In addition to involving facial lesions, such trauma compromises the airway, and the use of intermaxillary fixation makes it difficult to secure ventilation by usual approaches (nasotracheal or endotracheal intubation). Submental airway derivation is an alternative to tracheostomy and nasotracheal intubation, allowing a permeable airway with minimal complications in complex patients.

[Chronic appendicitis due to multiple fecaliths. A case report].

Background: The appendix inflammatory process is the most common cause of chronic abdominal pain in the right lower quadrant. The frequency of appendiceal lumen obstruction by fecalith ranges from 10 to 20%; few cases of obstruction by multiple fecaliths had been reported.

Clinical Case: Sixty-nine years old male, diabetic and hypertensive in control, he underwent bowel resection 30 years previously.

[Acute urinary retention secondary to giant prolapsed ureterocele in a young adult woman. Case report].

Background: Ureterocele is a cystic dilation of the distal ureteral segment. The incidence in women ranges from 1/5,000 to 1/12,000. In adults, they are poorly diagnosed and are asymptomatic.

[Surgical treatment for liver haematoma following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; An unusual case].

Background: Even in expert hands, there can be serious complications when performing an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. The most frequent complications are pancreatitis, cholangitis, bleeding, perforation, and acute cholecystitis. The hepatic subcapsular haematoma is a rare complication, with few cases described worldwide.

[Amyand's hernia and complicated appendicitis; case presentation and surgical treatment choice].

Background: A caecal appendix within an inguinal hernia, with or without appendicitis, is defined as Amyand's hernia. In 1% of inguinal hernias an appendix without inflammation can be found, however, the prevalence of appendicitis in a hernia sac is only 0.08-0.

[Experience in nephron-sparing surgery in patients with small renal tumors].

Background: Nephron -sparing surgery is currently the treatment of choice for surgical removal of solid renal tumours smaller than 7 cm, in the case of a solitary kidney, bilateral renal tumours or the presence of chronic renal failure.

Material And Methods: An observational, descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study was conducted. The variables evaluated were: age at diagnosis, gender, intraoperative blood loss, operative time, preoperative tumour size, hospital stay, pathology report, pTNM classification, Fuhrman nuclear grade, pre- and post-operative creatinine, monitoring for cancer.

[Emphysematous gastritis secondary to gastric mucormycosis].

Background: Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection of the mucorales order, which affects mostly immunocompromised patients. The association with emphysematous gastritis is rare and often fatal produced by gas -forming bacteria. We report the case of a trauma patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus, and diabetic ketoacidosis complicated with gastric mucormycosis associated with emphysematous gastritis.

Efficiency in bracket bonding with the use of pretreatment methods to tooth enamel before acid etching: sodium hypochlorite vs. hydrogen peroxide techniques.

Bond failures are produced by the existence of biofilm on the tooth surface. Because biofilm is impermeable, it prevents contact in many areas, reducing the etching effect which selectively dissolves calcified tissues but does not seem to eliminate biofilm from the tooth surface, and thus the bond between the tooth and the bracket is not strong enough. The aim of this study is to compare bracket bonding efficiency with two dental surface pretreatments: sodium hypochlorite vs.

[Zenker's diverticulum: election of surgical treatment and outcome. Case presentation].

Background: Zenker's diverticulum is a protrusion of the pharyngeal mucosa through a weak area of the posterior wall. It is a rare disorder with an incidence in Mexico of ~0.04% of the population.