Update on reconstructive options for nasal Mohs defects 1.5 cm or less.

Purpose Of Review: The article reviews the current literature to provide an overview on contemporary reconstructive options for closure of Mohs defects of the nose that are 1.5 cm or less.

Recent Findings: Although some of the techniques described in the literature are of historical importance only, others have undergone modification and metamorphosis to be broadly used in their contemporary form.

Opportunity Cost of Surgical Management of Craniomaxillofacial Trauma.

The provision of trauma care is a financial burden, continually associated with low reimbursement, and shifts the economic burden to major trauma centers and providers. Meanwhile, the volume of craniomaxillofacial (CMF) trauma and the number of surgically managed facial fractures are unchanged. Past financial analyses of cost and reimbursement for facial trauma are limited to mandibular and midface injuries, consistently revealing low reimbursement.

Preoperative Lumbar Drain Use During Acoustic Neuroma Surgery and Effect on CSF Leak Incidence.

Objective: To determine if preoperative lumbar drain (LD) use reduces the incidence of postoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak in patients undergoing acoustic neuroma resection.

Methods: Retrospective review of 282 patients presenting for acoustic neuroma resection between 2005 and 2014.

Results: Two hundred and eighty-two patients had a mean tumor size of 19.

Vitamin D3 deficiency increases sinus mucosa dendritic cells in pediatric chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

Objective: Dendritic cells are professional antigen presenting cells, capable of initiating Th1 or Th2 responses, and have been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of diseases, including sinusitis. Vitamin D(3) is a steroid hormone that acts on dendritic cells in a manner similar to corticosteroids. Investigators examined whether children with allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS) or chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP) were vitamin D(3) deficient and the relationship of vitamin D(3) deficiency to dendritic cell infiltrate in the sinus mucosa.