Evaluation of nail surface topography using a three-dimensional in vivo optical skin imaging system.

Background: The analysis of nail surface topography is a subject of ever-increasing interest in dermatology, especially in cosmetic studies. However, there is no accurate and scientifically sound instrumental method that can identify and provide quantitative data on nail surface topography.

Materials And Methods: The right index fingers of 78 healthy individuals were examined.

Depressed scar after filler injection successfully treated with pneumatic needleless injector and radiofrequency device.

Fillers are known to be associated with a number of side effects, one of the most severe being skin necrosis. The most vulnerable areas are those that are supplied by a single arterial branch; for example, the glabellar and nasolabial folds are susceptible. In this study, we report good cosmetic outcomes were produced by utilizing the pneumatic needleless injector and radiofrequency device to treat depressed scars that occurred after necrosis following filler injection.

The potential mechanism of the detrimental effect of defibrillation prior to cardiopulmonary resuscitation in prolonged cardiac arrest model.

Defibrillation is no longer universally recommended as initial intervention for the reversal of ventricular fibrillation (VF) after a prolonged and untreated cardiac arrest. We sought to examine this issue in an animal model where a prolonged untreated VF was induced. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential mechanism of the detrimental effect of defibrillation prior to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in prolonged cardiac arrest model.

Significance of osteoporosis in facial bone density using computed tomography.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to compare the variations of bone density in the midfacial bones as measured by computed tomography (CT) scans between the osteoporosis and control groups and to evaluate the regions that facial trauma and iatrogenic problem often occur in the midface.

Methods: The 96 patients who underwent both osteomeatal unit CT scans and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry at our hospital were included in this study retrospectively. Seven skeletal regions were chosen for evaluation: group A (orbital floor, nasal bone), group B (zygomaticomaxillary suture, zygomatic arch, zygomaticofrontal suture), and group C (anterior wall of the maxillary sinus, maxillary process).

A posterior petrous meningioma with recurrent vertigo.

Meningioma's account for around 15% of all primary brain tumors with some 10% of meningiomas arising in the posterior fossa. In rare cases, a meningioma can form around the endolymphatic sac. When formed in the posterior fossa, meningioma tumors can produce vague, non-specific vertiginous symptoms.

A novel transdermal patch incorporating meloxicam: in vitro and in vivo characterization.

A monolithic drug-in-adhesive (MDIA) type patch containing meloxicam (MX) was designed with an acrylic adhesive, a solubility modulator increasing MX solubility, and enhancers. MDIA patches having one adhesive layer between the backing and the release liner give high productivity and improve patient compliance. The biggest problem to prepare MDIA patch including MX was poor solubility of MX.

Development of water-insoluble chitosan patch scaffold to repair traumatic tympanic membrane perforations.

Perforated tympanic membranes (TM) and otitis media can be managed with a paper patch or tympanoplasty. However, a paper patch is not biocompatible and tympanoplasty requires complex aseptic surgical procedures. A novel biocompatible patch with a water-insoluble chitosan as the main component was prepared.

Serum hepatocyte growth factor as a marker of tumor activity in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) has previously been reported to be elevated in the serum of patients with malignancy, including breast, colorectal and gastric cancers. Here, we evaluated the correlation between serum HGF and the progression of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The mean serum HGF levels in 71 healthy control subjects, 78 patients with primary HNSCC, and eight patients with recurrent HNSCC were 0.

Expression of hepatocyte growth factor and c-Met in hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Conclusion: Our results suggest that hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) may play an important role in the progression of hypopharyngeal cancer.

Objective: HGF, a potent stimulator of hepatocyte growth, stimulates the motility, invasiveness, proliferation and morphogenesis of epithelium and may be involved in physiologic and pathologic processes such as embryogenesis, wound healing, organ regeneration, inflammation and tumor invasion. We therefore examined the role of HGF and c-Met in the invasion and metastasis of hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).