Sonographic localisation of lymph nodes suspicious of metastatic breast cancer to surgical axillary levels.

The axillary lymph node (LN) burden of breast cancer patients guides multidisciplinary management and treatment regimes. Sonographic imaging is used to identify the presence, number and location of axillary LNs suspicious of malignancy and used to guide nodal fine needle aspirations and biopsies. Axillary LNs suspicious of harbouring breast cancer metastasis can be localised to three surgical axillary levels, numbered according to their location relative to the pectoralis minor muscle and lymph flow.

Accuracy of virtual surgical planning in bimaxillary orthognathic surgery with mandible first sequence: A retrospective study.

The aim of this study was to verify treatment accuracy using virtual surgical planning (VSP) with a mandible-first sequence and strict surgical protocol to determine what surgical and methodological factors might influence outcomes. VSP transfer accuracy was evaluated retrospectively through a modified method involving voxel-based superimposition in patients who had undergone bimaxillary surgery with a mandible-first sequence to correct dentoskeletal deformities. Data analysis showed that the movements planned and those executed were substantially equivalent (p < 0.

Combined orthodontic and surgical open bite correction: Principles for success. Part 2.

Objectives: To present a clinical description of the team's treatment techniques.

Materials And Methods: In Part 1, 30 patients underwent segmental maxillary orthodontics, multisegment Le Fort I, and bilateral sagittal osteotomies of the mandible. Part 1 reported excellent occlusal stability at a mean follow-up of 49.

Combined orthodontic and surgical open bite correction.

Objectives: To examine the stability of combined surgical and orthodontic bite correction with emphasis on open-bite closure. All study patients were treated with strict and consistent orthodontic and surgical protocols.

Materials And Methods: Study inclusion required all patients to have anterior open bites, maxillary accentuated curve of Spee, 36-month minimum follow-up, and no temporomandibular joint pathology.

Hydroxylapatite-collagen hybrid scaffold induces human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells to osteogenic differentiation in vitro and bone regrowth in patients.

Tissue engineering-based bone graft is an emerging viable treatment modality to repair and regenerate tissues damaged as a result of diseases or injuries. The structure and composition of scaffolds should modulate the classical osteogenic pathways in human stem cells. The osteoinductivity properties of the hydroxylapatite-collagen hybrid scaffold named Coll/Pro Osteon 200 were investigated in an in vitro model of human adipose mesenchymal stem cells (hASCs), whereas the clinical evaluation was carried out in maxillofacial patients.