Safety of vertical osteotomies in segmental Le Fort I procedures: a one-year radiological follow-up study.

The aim of this study was to evaluate dental and periodontal injuries and radiological bone healing at vertical osteotomies in patients treated with segmental Le Fort I (LFI) osteotomy, using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans. This retrospective study analyzed 105 patients who underwent segmental LFI osteotomy. Vertical osteotomies were performed between the lateral incisor and canine using a bur and osteotome.

Accuracy and stability of the condyle position after orthognathic surgery: A retrospective study.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy and stability of condylar positioning in patients treated with bimaxillary procedures compared with patients treated with maxillary procedures alone. All patients had undergone treatment at Odense University Hospital and were treated with inferior maxillary procedures. The primary outcome was changes in condyle position and the primary predictor variable was time: pre-operative (T) measurements to 1-week post-operative (T) and 1-year post-operative (T) measurements.

Novel Developments in the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma-Associated Bone Disease.

Osteolytic bone disease is present in about 80% of patients with multiple myeloma at the time of diagnosis. Managing bone disease in patients with multiple myeloma is a challenge and requires a multi-faceted treatment approach with medication, surgery, and radiation. The established treatments with intravenous or subcutaneous antiresorptives can cause debilitating adverse events for patients, mainly osteonecrosis of the jaw, which, traditionally, has been difficult to manage.

Schottky barrier lowering due to interface states in 2D heterophase devices.

The Schottky barrier of a metal-semiconductor junction is one of the key quantities affecting the charge transport in a transistor. The Schottky barrier height depends on several factors, such as work function difference, local atomic configuration in the interface, and impurity doping. We show that also the presence of interface states at 2D metal-semiconductor junctions can give rise to a large renormalization of the effective Schottky barrier determined from the temperature dependence of the current.

Contemporary Techniques in Orbital Reconstruction: A Review of the Literature and Report of a Case Combining Surgical Navigation, Computer-Aided Surgical Simulation, and a Patient-Specific Implant.

Purpose: Complex orbital fractures can be surgically challenging because the orbital cavity contains several vital anatomic structures and visibility is limited. We present a case in which computer-aided surgical simulation (CASS), surgical navigation (SN), and a patient-specific implant (PSI) were used. Furthermore, the reported data regarding this topic were systematically searched and investigated.