[Paramedian frontal clefts or superior orbital clefts].

Superior orbital frontal clefts are one of the rare craniofacial clefts described by Tessier in 1976, and occur most often sporadically. They are numbered 9, 10 and 11 in this classification, and are located respectively laterally, in the middle and medially to the upper part of the orbit. Their clinical expression is variable on soft tissue and bone, with possible dissociation of involvement.

Efficiency of advanced-PRF usage in the treatment of alveolar cleft with iliac bone graft: A retrospective study.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of a new alveolar bone grafting protocol using advanced-PRF (a-PRF) by comparing the volumes of newly formed bone after a bone graft combining autogenous iliac crest bone with either PRF or a-PRF. Patients presenting with unilateral or a bilateral alveolar cleft were included retrospectively in two groups: one group was grafted using cancellous iliac crest bone with PRF (PRF group), whereas for the other group the same procedure was followed using a-PRF (a-PRF group). CBCT scans were performed 3 months preoperatively and 6 months postoperatively.

Evaluation of in-vivo anti-Salmonella activity of Uvaria chamae, Lantana camara and Phyllantus amarus used in Benin, West Africa.

Background: Uvaria chamae (Annonaceae), Phyllantus amarus (Phyllantaceae) and Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) are empirically alleged to be used as Beninese medicinal plants in the treatment of salmonellosis. This study aimed to produce scientific data on in vitro and in vivo efficacy of Uvaria chamae, Lantana camara and Phyllantus amarus on multiresistant Salmonella spp isolated in Benin.

Results: After performing in vitro tests on aqueous and ethanolic extracts of these plants, only the aqueous extract of Uvaria chamae (leaves) showed the best anti-Salmonella's activity and was used for this in vivo experiment.

Likely Pathogenic Variants in One Third of Non-Syndromic Discontinuous Cleft Lip and Palate Patients.

Oral clefts are composed of cleft of the lip, cleft of the lip and palate, or cleft of the palate, and they are associated with a wide range of expression and severity. When cleft of the palate is associated with cleft of the lip with preservation of the primary palate, it defines an atypical phenotype called discontinuous cleft. Although this phenotype may represent 5% of clefts of the lip and/or palate (CLP), it is rarely specifically referred to and its pathophysiology is unknown.

Toxicological Characterization of Six Plants of the Beninese Pharmacopoeia Used in the Treatment of Salmonellosis.

Recent studies reported interesting ethnopharmacological, antibacterial, and phytochemical data on some medicinal plants used in the traditional treatment of salmonellosis in Benin. Unfortunately, very little data exists on the toxicity of these species. This study aims to evaluate chemical characteristic of six Benin pharmacopoeial plants used in the traditional treatment of salmonellosis in Benin.

Frequency and socio-psychological impact of taunting in school-age patients with cleft lip-palate surgical repair.

Objectives: Cleft lip-palate (CLP) is a "social" pathology because of its impact on the child's facial appearance and speech. School is the first place where children are confronted to others and when they start socializing. Taunting and bullying are common and their psychological impact remains hard to assess.

Calvarial periosteal graft for second-stage cleft palate surgery: a preliminary report.

Objective: The objectives of cleft palate surgery are to achieve optimal outcomes regarding speech development, hearing, maxillary arch development and facial skull growth. Early two-stage cleft palate repair has been the most recent protocol of choice to achieve good maxillary arch growth without compromising speech development. Hard palate closure occurs within one year of soft palate surgery.

[Mandibular osteoradionecrosis. Part II: efficiency of revascularization surgery].

Introduction: The physiopathology of osteoradionecrosis (ORN) is linked to vascular and cellular aspects of bone physiology. The authors had for aim to check whether the transposition of non-irradiated tissues could repair vascular and bone lesions.

Material And Method: A retrospective study was made from 1992 to 2002 on all patients operated for a mandibular ORN (59 patients).

[Velopharyngeal sequels in labial-alveolar-velopalatine clefts. Orticochea dynamic pharyngoplasty].

Sphincter pharyngoplasty is one of the treatments for velopharyngeal insufficiency, in cleft palate patients. After Hynes, Orticochea described a procedure which became the reference. After studying 2 series of patients treated by two different surgical procedures, it appeared that the speech improvement was nearly the same.

[Tuberculosis of the submandibular gland: a case report].

Introduction: Tuberculosis remains an important public health problem in France. After a certain decline, its incidence has remained unchanged since 1990. 30% of tuberculosis cases are extra-pulmonary form, most of them concern nodes especially in cervical areas.

Sustaining malaria prevention in Benin: local production of bednets.

Through a Benin-Canada participatory research initiative which included both Benin and Canadian non-governmental organizations, a local capacity to produce and market bednets for the prevention of malaria was developed. The development process began following a community-based assessment of local needs and skills. All materials for the manufacture and distribution of the bednets were obtained locally with the exception of the netting which was imported from Canada.

[Human African trypanosomiasis in the north of Benin. A preliminary serologic survey].

Atacora Province has been for a long time a focus of human trypanosomiasis in the People's Republic of Benin. If the prevalence has appreciably decreased in the 1960s on account of the experienced methods of tracking down and a sustained supervision, it is easy to establish and to fear today the waking and even the extension of the historic focus formerly called "Foyer Atacora". Since 1974, new patients in second period of the infection are tracked down each year; they particularly come from the localities of Tanguieta and Materi.