Long-term speech outcome in patients with Robin sequence after cleft palate repair and tongue-lip adhesion: A 21-year retrospective analysis.

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of tongue-lip adhesion (TLA) on the long-term speech and articulation outcomes of patients with Robin sequence (RS) after cleft palate repair. Outcomes were compared to those in patients with RS who required positioning alone and to patients with isolated cleft palate (ICP). All consecutive patients with RS (with or without TLA) versus isolated cleft palate (ICP) who underwent cleft palate repair were retrospectively reviewed.

Adsorption of radon on silver exchanged zeolites at ambient temperatures.

Since more than 100 years, the adsorption of the radioactive noble gas radon (Rn) is performed on activated charcoal at cryogenic temperatures. There is little-if any-progress in the field of radon adsorption at ambient conditions to facilitate the development of simple and compact radon adsorption systems. We report here on the truly remarkable property of the synthetic silver-exchanged zeolites Ag-ETS-10 and Ag-ZSM-5 to strongly adsorb radon gas at room temperature.

The Reproducibility of the Jaw Index in the Measurement of Healthy Newborns.

Objective: Establish the reliability of the jaw index to objectify the relationship between the maxilla and mandible in healthy newborns.

Design: Cohort study.

Setting: Tertiary setting.

The Effect of Smoking on Sternal Scar Healing: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Introduction: Cardiothoracic surgery with a median sternotomy is an electing factor for the development of a hypertrophic scar. Hypertrophic scars, characterized by an increased vascularity, often result in aesthetic and functional problems. Smoking, due to its negative effects on vascularization, could therefore have an effect on scar healing.

Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life in Robin Sequence: A Comparison of Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis and Tongue-Lip Adhesion.

Background: Numerous studies have proven the efficacy of mandibular distraction osteogenesis or tongue-lip adhesion in Robin sequence infants with upper airway obstruction. However, none has compared health-related quality of life outcomes.

Methods: In the present retrospective study, Robin sequence infants younger than 1 year, who underwent mandibular distraction osteogenesis or tongue-lip adhesion, were included (2006 to 2016).

Tongue Lip Adhesion in the Treatment of Robin Sequence: Respiratory, Feeding, and Surgical Outcomes.

Objective: Objective evaluation of the efficacy of tongue lip adhesion (TLA) in the management of Robin sequence (RS).

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Tertiary referral hospital.

Herpes neolabialis: herpes simplex virus type 1 infection of the neolabia in a transgender woman.

A 24-year-old transgender woman consulted our outpatient clinic with a painful, itchy and red left labia. She underwent a penile inversion vaginoplasty 18 months before presentation. At physical examination of the left labia, erythema, edema and herpetic vesicles with ulceration were observed.

A comparative study of colour and perfusion between two different post surgical scars. Do the laser Doppler imager and the colorimeter measure the same features of a scar?

Background/purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of different located post surgical scars on both perfusion and redness. The pattern of change and correlation between perfusion and redness of post surgical scars is also examined.

Methods: In this study, we measured redness and perfusion of the abdominal and breast scar of 24 women undergoing breast reconstruction with Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Free Flap surgery with the Minolta Chromameter CR-400/410 and the Moor Instruments laser Doppler imager 12IR, respectively, at different intervals post-operatively.

Digital nerve injuries: a review of predictors of sensory recovery after microsurgical digital nerve repair.

Background: Optimal surgical management of digital nerve lesions remains uncertain despite the publication of numerous studies. The purposes of this review were primarily to analyze whether there is a superior surgical technique for digital nerve repair and secondarily to statistically verify the variables to be predictors of sensory recovery.

Methods: A literature search was performed using PubMed including citation from MEDLINE.

The role of antioxidants in ischaemia-reperfusion in a human DIEP flap model.

Background: A better understanding of the pathophysiology of ischaemia-reperfusion injury and a possible treatment for it, is of great importance. The deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap is an innovative, clinical model of ischaemia-reperfusion. There has been an ongoing interest in the health benefits and medical applications of antioxidants.

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment for skin flap necrosis after a mastectomy: a case study.

The rate of complications in immediate breast reconstruction is in 15% to 20% due to partial loss of the mastectomy skin flaps. In the case of skin necrosis or ischemia, a therapy that reduces skin loss could be of additional benefit. Hyperbaric oxygen has been used to treat compromised flaps and grafts, an indication recognized and reimbursed according to the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS).

Perfusion of the deep inferior epigastric perforator flap measured by laser Doppler imager.

Background: During surgery, circulation changes in the deep inferior epigastric perforator free flap (DIEP). Although blood flow is an important parameter for surgical outcome, little research has been performed on this topic, especially during the process of transplantation. This study examined the pattern of perfusion of DIEP flaps over time.