Quantification of Bony Depression in Mastoid Region After Expander Implantation for Microtia Reconstruction in Hemifacial Microsomia.

Three-stage expansion method represents the most common form of microtia reconstruction in hemifacial microsomia (HFM). Although the complication related expander has lowered owing to the current advances, bony depression in mastoid region in microtia patients with hemifacial microsomia was observed in clinical work. The aim of this study was to quantify bony depression after retroauricular expander implantation and identify associated factors.

Whole genome sequencing analysis of four patients: Are de novo copy number variations in non-coding region responsible for microtia with lung hypoplasia?

Background: Microtia is a congenital malformation of the out ear, occurring either as an isolated defect or part of a specific pattern of multiple congenital anomalies. The etiology of microtia is poorly understood. Four patients with microtia and lung hypoplasia were reported by our team in a previous article.

Bibliometric Analysis of Microtia-Related Publications From 2006 to 2020.

Objective: Microtia is a congenital auricular malformation with a hypoplastic external ear that ranges in severity from a slightly smaller auricle to complete the absence of the auricle. The present study was conducted to identify and analyze the characteristics of microtia-related articles published from 2006 to 2020 by using bibliometric analyses.

Method: Microtia-related studies published from 2006 to 2020 were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database.

Association between the rs3733846 in the flanking region of miR-143/145 and risk of cervical squamous cell carcinoma.

To investigate the effect of rs3733846 in the flanking region of miR-143/145 on susceptibility to cervical squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC). We collected venous blood samples from 242 CSCC patients and 250 healthy controls. The rs3733846 polymorphism was genotyped by SnaPshot and Sanger sequencing.