Strategies to prevent suppurative chondritis following auricular burns: a systematic review.

Objective: Suppurative chondritis is a potentially devastating complication of burns to the ear. The infection and inflammation can liquify cartilage, leading to significant aesthetic deformities which are difficult to treat. This article reviews published measures for preventing post-burn chondritis.

Staged upper and lower lip reanimation following facial palsy: Peer-reviewed, patient-rated and objective outcomes.

Background: One approach to reanimating both upper and lower lips following facial palsy is through staged surgery: cross-face nerve grafting at stage I, free gracilis muscle transfer to levators at stage II and pedicled anterior belly of digastric muscle transfer (ABDMT) to depressors at stage III. The results of this approach were hitherto unquantified.

Methods: This study retrospectively assessed peer-reviewed, patient-rated and objective outcomes following staged reanimation in adults between 2010 and 2020.

Lower lip depressor reanimation using anterior belly of digastric muscle transfer improves psychological wellbeing in facial palsy patients.

The authors previously published positive peer-reviewed (21 raters using the Terzis scale) and photogrammetric (Emotrics) outcomes in patients who had undergone two-stage lower lip reanimations up to 2018. Other series have published surgeon and peer-rated results, but we know of only two (n=12) that have assessed patients' views using patient satisfaction surveys. This paper presents patient-rated outcomes (PROMS) in an 11-year series of both single and two-stage anterior belly of digastric muscle (ABDM) lower lip reanimations.

Epidemiology And Outcomes Of Radiator Burns At A High Throughput Burns Centre.

Indoor radiator burns can cause significant morbidity and mortality, especially in vulnerable patients. However, the epidemiology and clinical outcomes are poorly characterized. A retrospective study of all radiator burns referred to a tertiary regional burns centre between 2013-2019 was conducted.

Lower Lip Reanimation: Experience Using the Anterior Belly of Digastric Muscle in 2-stage Procedure.

Unlabelled: Lower lip depression was historically regarded a neglected area of facial paralysis, but, with refinement of techniques, has gained increasing attention. We present the first detailed description and evaluation of a 2-stage technique, using first cross facial nerve graft and then the anterior belly of digastric muscle (ABDM), innervated by the cross facial nerve graft, to restore dynamic and spontaneous lower lip depression.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of 2-stage lower lip reanimations between 2010 and 2018 was performed.