Outpatient management of facial fractures in France: Current state.

Maxillofacial trauma is still very common in France with possible involvement of all face bones. Outpatient surgery is an axis strongly put forward by the public authorities. The aim of this study is to establish a current state in the outpatient management of facial fractures in France in 2019 before COVID infection.

Head Face and Neck Surgeon Deployment in the New French Role 2: The Damage Control Resuscitation and Surgical Team.

Introduction: High-intensity conflict is back after decades of asymmetric warfare. With the increase in the incidence of head, face, and neck (HFN) injuries, the French Medical Military Service has decided to deploy HFN surgeons in the new French Role 2: the Damage Control, Resuscitation, and Surgical Team (DCRST). This study aims to provide an overview of HFN French surgeons from their initial training, including the surgical skills required, to their deployment on the DCRST.

3D-printed shields for slit lamps produced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Additive manufacturing has been extensively used during the COVID-19 pandemic to design and produce protection equipment. During clinical examinations using slit lamps, ophthalmologists are at risk of being contaminated by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and the device itself is exposed to viral contamination. Several solutions have already been proposed for fixing transparent shields on the physician side.

Custom surgical management of invasive malignant tumors of the scalp.

Background: There is no universal management protocol concerning invasive malignant tumors of the scalp with bone and dura mater invasion. The aims of this study were to report and discuss our experience in the management of these forms of tumors.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all consecutive patients of microsurgical scalp reconstruction performed after resection of invasive cutaneous malignancies of the scalp, calvarium, and dura mater from 2017 to 2019, at Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital (Paris, France).