Osseodensified Crestal Sinus Window Augmentation: An Alternative Procedure to the Lateral Window Technique.

A novel minimally invasive technique, osseodensification, is proposed to facilitate maxillary sinus bone graft augmentation. The osseodensified crestal window overcomes the previous limitations of traditional crestal approaches with respect to residual bone height (RBH) of ≤1.5 mm as well as vertical height of augmentation (>10 mm).

Scorpion envenomation in Merida, Venezuela.

This study involves a review of the records of 64 children referred to the University of los Andes Hospital with the diagnosis of scorpion envenomation. The patients were divided into group 1 (local manifestations, 42.4%) and group 2 (systemic manifestations, 7.

[Meningitis caused by Bacteroides fragilis in children].

Bacteroides fragilis is an obligated anaerobic bacillus which forms part of the normal intestinal flora of the colon and is often seen as a common pathogen in intraabdominal infections. It is an infrequent pathogen in cases of meningitis; a review of the literature reports only eight cases of this disease in children, especially in neonates with conditioning factors such as abdominal sepsis, chronic middle ear otitis and atrial-ventricular derivations. A case of a newborn baby girl with lumbosacral myelomeningocele is reported.