International Task Force on Volunteer Cleft Missions.

The International Task Force on Volunteer Cleft Missions was set up to provide a report to be presented at the Eighth International Congress of Cleft Palate and Associated Craniofacial Anomalies on September 12, 1997, in Singapore. The aim of the report was to provide data from a wide range of different international teams performing volunteer cleft missions and, thereafter, based on the collected data, to identify common goals and aims of such missions. Thirteen different groups actively participating in volunteer cleft missions worldwide were selected from the International Confederation of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery's list of teams actively participating in volunteer cleft missions.

An outbreak of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus on a burn unit: potential role of contaminated hydrotherapy equipment.

Objective: To report a multi-institution outbreak caused by a single strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

Outbreak: Between September 19 and November 20, 1996 an index case and five secondary cases of nosocomial MRSA occurred on a 26 bed adult plastic surgery/burn unit (PSBU) at a tertiary care teaching hospital. Between November 11 and December 23, 1996, six additional cases were identified at a community hospital.

A complication of submandibular intubation in a panfacial fracture patient.

We present the complication of a mucocele in the floor of the mouth caused by a submandibular intubation in a patient with a panfacial fracture.

A complication of submandibular intubation in a panfacial fracture patient.

We present the complication of a mucocele in the floor of the mouth caused by a submandibular intubation in a patient with a panfacial fracture. Copyright 2001 European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery.

Surgical treatment of pressure ulcers: 20-year experience.

Objective: To review the outcomes of surgical management of spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with severe pressure ulcers and to examine likely risk factors for recurrence of pressure ulcers.

Design: A retrospective medical record review.

Setting: An SCI unit in a tertiary care facility.