Comparing Current Practice Habits for Treatment of Subcondylar Fracture Among Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons.

Study Design: Survey.

Objective: Subcondylar fractures stand out as a particular challenge when treating maxillofacial trauma. The fracture site is often difficult to access and adjacent to critical structures like the facial nerve.

Chemodenervation is Associated With Reduced Mental Health Disorders in Patients With Synkinesis.

Objective: To compare the prevalence of mental health disorders in individuals with facial synkinesis, facial paralysis alone, and the general population.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort.

Setting: Eighty-two health care organizations across the United States.

Trends in Maxillomandibular Fixation Technique at a Single Academic Institution.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Objective: Restoration of premorbid occlusion is a key goal in the treatment of mandibular fractures. Placement of the patient in maxillomandibular fixation (MMF) is performed during mandibular fracture repair to help establish occlusion.

Approach to Major Nasal Reconstruction: Benefits of Staged Surgery and Use of Technology.

This article reviews special considerations in complex nasal defects including treatment of adjacent subunit defects, timing of repair with radiation, reconstruction in patients with prior repairs or recurrent disease, and the role of prosthetics. The role of technological advances including virtual surgical planning, 3 dimensional printing, biocompatible materials, and tissue engineering is discussed.

Childhood Hearing Loss in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease in the United States.

This study sought to examine if modern medical evaluations including newborn screening and early diagnosis along with better methods of disease control have improved rates of hearing loss in children with sickle cell disease (SCD). Audiometric and medical data for patients with SCD was obtained from the AudGen Database and analyzed for the presence of hearing loss, type of hearing loss, severity of hearing loss, and correlation with comorbid conditions. Children with sickle cell trait (SCT) were used as a comparison group.

The Bone Mineral Density of the Lateral Skull Base and its Relation to Obesity and Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks.

Objectives: Evaluate the bone mineral density (BMD) of the lateral skull base by thin sliced computed tomography (CT) scans.Determine the BMD and its relation in patients who are obese or who have spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks.

Study Design: Blinded retrospective case control series.

Hearing loss in children with primary ciliary dyskinesia.

Objectives: To evaluate the type and severity of hearing impairment in pediatric patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) and relate these measures to patient demographics, treatment options, and other otologic factors.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of children with a diagnosis of PCD, Kartagener's syndrome, or situs inversus in the AudGen Database was conducted. Audiograms were analyzed for type of hearing loss (HL), severity, laterality, and progression.

Primary Surgery vs Radiotherapy for Early Stage Oral Cavity Cancer.

Objective The goal of this study is to determine the effect of primary surgery vs radiotherapy (RT) on overall survival (OS) in patients with early stage oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC). In addition, this study attempts to identify factors associated with receiving primary RT. Study Design Retrospective cohort study.

Propionibacterium acnes as an emerging pathogen in skull base osteomyelitis: A case series.

Skull base osteomyelitis (SBO) is recognized as a potentially life-threatening infection that has been classically attributed to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. However, growing data shows that the bacteriology of SBO is changing. Traditionally thought of as commensal bacterium, P.

Lost in translation: Cultural divides in communication skills teaching identified in the ICCH 2016 student symposium.

Objective: To provide a platform for learners' voices at an international conference on communication in healthcare.

Methods: A group of medical students were invited to explore their experiences with communication skills learning at a symposium at the 2016 International Conference on Communication in Healthcare in Heidelberg, DE.

Results: Students from the US, Denmark, Germany, and Russia discussed their experiences with communication skills curriculum at their institutions.

'I wish someone watched me interview:' medical student insight into observation and feedback as a method for teaching communication skills during the clinical years.

Background: Experts suggest observation and feedback is a useful tool for teaching and evaluating medical student communication skills during the clinical years. Failing to do this effectively risks contributing to deterioration of students' communication skills during the very educational period in which they are most important. While educators have been queried about their thoughts on this issue, little is known about what this process is like for learners and if they feel they get educational value from being observed.

Single thyroid tumour showing multiple differentiated morphological patterns and intramorphological molecular genetic heterogeneity.

Aims: A 49-year-old man presented with a single thyroid tumour that showed a combination of conventional papillary carcinoma, follicular variant of papillary carcinoma, clear cell papillary carcinoma, columnar cell carcinoma and poorly differentiated carcinoma. As all of the morphologies have been associated with papillary carcinoma in the literature, we wished to determine if they contained identical or different molecular abnormalities.

Methods: Targeted next generation sequencing (NGS) of each morphological component and metastases was performed.