Craniofacial and three-dimensional palatal analysis in cleft lip and palate patients treated in Spain.

Growth alterations have been described in patients operated on for oral clefts. The purpose of this work was to analyze the craniofacial and palate morphology and dimensions of young adults operated on for oral clefts in early childhood in Spain. Eighty-three patients from eight different hospitals were divided into four groups based on their type of cleft: cleft lip (CL, n = 6), unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP, n = 37), bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP, n = 16), and cleft palate only (CPO, n = 24).

Is organizational progress in the EFQM model related to employee satisfaction?

Background: To determine whether there is greater employee satisfaction in organisations that have made more progress in implementation of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) model.

Methods: A series of cross-sectional studies (one for each assessment cycle) comparing staff satisfaction survey results between groups of healthcare organisations by degree of implementation of the EFQM model (assessed in terms of external recognition of management quality in each organisation).

Setting: 30 healthcare organisations including hospitals, primary care and mental health providers in Osakidetza, the Basque public health service.

Cell therapy in bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw.

Objective: Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ) is a clinical condition found in patients who have received intravenous or oral bisphosphonate therapy for various diseases related to bone. This report describes a novel treatment of BRONJ using autologous bone marrow stem cells, platelet-rich plasma, beta tricalcium phosphate, and demineralized bone matrix.

Study Design: We report a 71-year-old woman with history of multiple myeloma treated with intravenous zoledronic acid during 4 years.