Evaluation of nasolabial esthetics in 8- to 12-year-old patients with cleft lip and palate by healthcare professionals in Northeast Thailand.

Objective: To assess the aesthetics of the nasolabial appearance of patients with cleft lip and palate aged 8-12 years by experienced and inexperienced professionals.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 32 patients with cleft lip and palate, who underwent surgery and follow-up treatment at the Cleft Center. The research tools included a parent-completed survey providing GO graphic data and two-dimensional frontal view photographs of patients from both left and right sides.

En bloc groin node resection reconstructed with external oblique flap for solitary metastatic cholangiocarcinoma: a case report.

Cholangiocarcinoma requires complete surgical resection for cure. Even so, the recurrence and metastasis rates are high, and further treatment is typically through palliative systemic chemotherapy. Curative-intent resection of metastatic site may provide survival benefit in selected cases.

The perspectives of learners at a public medical school on the evaluation of an online learning management system for degree and non-degree courses.

Background: There has been a rapid development and adoption of online learning in medical education. However, it is difficult to adopt the currently available online learning management systems (LMS). This study aimed to examine learners' perspectives on the evaluation of online LMS.

The Effect of Presurgical Nasoalveolar Molding on Oronasal Fistula Following Primary Palatoplasty.

Objective: Presurgical nasoalveolar molding (PNAM) is widely used in cleft care protocol. This study investigated the correlation between PNAM and oronasal fistula after primary palatoplasty.

Methods: A case-controlled study of 80 unilateral and bilateral complete cleft palate patients who underwent cleft palate repair were enrolled.

Predictive MERRA-2 aerosol diagnostic model for oral, oropharyngeal and laryngeal cancer caused by air pollution in Thai population.

Introduction: Head and neck cancers were generally characterized with many possible causes. Exposure to outdoor particulate matter affected to multiple organ systems but it was unknown whether which species in PM was an association with cancer incidence.

Objectives: The study aimed to examine the oral- oropharyngeal- laryngeal cancer incidence and accumulated air pollution-related cancers in the spatial patterns.

Buccal Fat Pad: Adjunctive Procedure for Lateral Defect Coverage following Primary Palatoplasty.

Background: The buccal fat flap is an encapsulated mass originating from a specific fat tissue that is easily accessed and richly vascularized. The aim of this study was to report the effect of using the buccal fat flap on the oronasal fistula rate in primary palatoplasty.

Methods: A case-controlled study of 94 patients who underwent primary cleft palate repair.

The effects of a newly established online learning management system: the perspectives of Thai medical students in a public medical school.

Background: There are obstacles for medical schools in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) to implement an online learning management system (LMS) during the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019. Our medical school has developed and implemented tailored LMS for medical students and examine the acceptance and effects of this LMS on the medical students' learning outcomes and identify factors influencing their adoption of online learning.

Methods: This was a mixed-methods study using an online questionnaire and online semi-structured interviews with first-year medical students at one medical school in Thailand.

Significant Prognostic Factors Influencing the Survival Difference of Oral Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Background: Oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma is the most common malignancy in the oral cavity. Overall survival varies across many countries, and poor prognosis is prevalent in developing countries, including Thailand. Our study aimed to identify prognostic factors that affected survival for oral tongue cancer in Thailand.

Indocyanine Green Angiography Precise Marking for Indeterminate Burn Excision: A Prospective, Multi-centered, Double-blinded Study.

Background: During burn excision, the clinical judgment whether to excise or not excise the area with indeterminate burn depth is difficult. Indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) has been reported to provide high accuracy in diagnosing indeterminate burns. This study aims to evaluate the complete wound closures in both short-term and long-term outcomes after using ICGA precise marking to guide indeterminate burn excision.

An Inconvenient Truth of Clinical Assessment and Indocyanine Green Angiography Precise Marking for Indeterminate Burn Excision.

Unlabelled: The clinical assessment of indeterminate burn wounds has relatively poor accuracy. Indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) has high accuracy and can be used to mark wounds precisely so as to guide burn excision. This study aimed to assess the differences between ICGA and clinical assessment marking and compare the marking result with the long-term wound outcome.

Risk Factors of Fistula Following Primary Palatoplasty.

Background: Oronasal fistula (ONF) is a common complication following cleft palate surgery. This study aims to determine the prevalence of ONF and the factors that influence development of ONF following primary palatoplasty.

Materials And Methods: There were 234 patients undergoing primary palatoplasty during 2012 to 2016 included in this cross-sectional study.

Is Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Alone or with Surgery the Proper Management for Active and Persistent Osteoradionecrosis?

This study enrolled patients with stage 3 osteoradionecrosis. There were three treatment modalities: antibiotics, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), and surgery. Complete healing was the primary outcome.

Accumulated ambient air pollution and colon cancer incidence in Thailand.

This research examined the relationship between colon cancer risks and pollution in various areas of Thailand, using satellites to gather quantities of aerosols in the atmosphere. Bayesian hierarchical spatio-temporal model and the Poisson log-linear model were used to examine the incidence rates of colon cancer standardized by national references; from the database of the National Health Security Office, Ministry of Public Health of Thailand and NASA's database from aerosol diagnostics model. Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) was used to explore disease-gender-specific spatio-temporal patterns of colon cancer incidences and accumulated air pollution-related cancers in Thailand between 2010 and 2016.

Radiation ulcer treatment with hyperbaric oxygen therapy and haemoglobin spray: case report and literature review.

Objective: To explore the effectiveness of a combination of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and haemoglobin spray in radiation ulcer treatment.

Method: We reviewed the available literature and present a case report in which radiation ulcer was treated with a combination of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and haemoglobin spray.

Results: After 30 sessions of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (2.

A Prospective Randomized Double-blind study of silicone gel plus Herbal Extracts Versus Placebo in Pre-sternal hypertrophic scar prevention and amelioration.

Objective: Post-surgical hypertrophic scar is more frequently reported in Asians. Many modalities can treat scars but there have not been any publications to define the efficacy of silicone gel plus herbal extracts for scar prevention or amelioration.

Design: 48 patients, who underwent median sternotomy were randomized and double-blinded to 2 groups to use topical silicone gel plus herbal extract gel or placebo for 6 months.

Adding herbal extracts to silicone gel on post-sternotomy scar: a prospective randomised double-blind study.

Objective: Silicone gel has been shown effective in improving healing post-sternotomy scars. It remains to be determined whether adding herbal extracts to the gel would augment the healing effect.

Method: After median sternotomy, patients were randomised into two groups.

Construction of polluted aerosol in accumulation that affects the incidence of lung cancer.

Background: This model demonstrated the correlation between lung cancer incidences and the parts of ambient air pollution according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s high resolution technology satellites.

Methods: Chemical type of aerosols was investigated by the Aerosol Diagnostics Model such as black carbon, mineral dust, organic carbon, sea-salt and SO4. The model investigated associations between the six year accumulation of each aerosol and lung cancer incidence by Bayesian hierarchical spatio-temporal model.

Factors associated with patient satisfaction in laparoscopic adrenalectomy.

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy a treatment that is recommended for patients with adrenal adenoma and has been shown to lead to a 94% biochemical remission rate of aldosterone as well as improvements to quality of life in five domains of the SF-36. This method is also associated with high rates of patient satisfaction. However, there is little information available on the factors associated with patient satisfaction in cases of laparoscopic adrenalectomy.

Preschool Age Anthropometric Evaluation of the Nose After Bilateral Complete Cleft Lip Repair.

Objective: To evaluate the aesthetic outcomes of surgery in preschool-aged bilateral complete cleft lip patients by comparing their nasal aesthetic parameters with those of normal children.

Setting And Sample Population: Twenty-six 4 to 6-year-old (preschool age) patients with bilateral complete cleft lip who underwent primary cheiloplasty and a control group of 30 children in Northeast Thailand of the same age were enrolled.

Materials And Methods: Nasal aesthetic parameters were analyzed in terms of 3 ratios and 1 angle using three-dimensional photographs.

Indocyanine green dye angiography as an adjunct to assess indeterminate burn wounds: A prospective, multicentered, triple-blinded study.

Background: Clinical assessment of indeterminate burn wounds has been reported to yield poor accuracy, even when performed by burn experts. Indocyanine green (ICG) dye angiography has been found to be highly accurate in assessing burn depth, but there is still limited evidence of its use in indeterminate burn wounds. This study aims to compare the accuracy of ICG angiography to that of clinical assessment in assessing indeterminate burn wounds.

Efficacy of Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Osteoradionecrosis.

Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) is a common consequence resulting from radiation in patients with cancer. Presently, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is proposed to have a role in improving wound healing in ORN patients. There is no strong scientific evidence to confirm the benefits of HBOT for treatment of ORN as an adjunctive treatment.

A Prospective Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Trial of the Efficacy Using Centella Cream for Scar Improvement.

Objective: This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of extract in cream, a preparation for the prevention of scar development of the split-thickness skin graft (STSG) donor site.

Methods: A prospective randomized, double-blind control study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of Centella cream in 30 patients who underwent a STSG operation. Both Centella cream and placebo were applied equally to the donor site at least 2 weeks after epithelialization was completed.