The Usefulness of Mandibular Anglectomy in Patients With Masticatory Muscle Tendon-Aponeurosis Hyperplasia: A Preliminary Single-Center Survey.

Objective Masticatory muscle tendon-aponeurosis hyperplasia (MMTAH) is a recently identified condition characterized by restricted mouth opening due to hyperplasia of the temporalis muscle tendon and masseter muscle aponeurosis. This study examines the treatment and clinical course of patients with MMTAH who underwent surgery at our hospital. Subjects and methods The study included 14 patients (four males and 10 females; mean age: 33.

Importance of respiratory rate for the prediction of clinical deterioration after emergency department discharge: a single-center, case-control study.

Aim: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the predictors of clinical deterioration soon after emergency department (ED) discharge.

Methods: We undertook a case-control study using the ED database of the Nagano Municipal Hospital (Nagano, Japan) from January 2012 to December 2013. We selected adult patients with medical conditions who revisited the ED with deterioration within 2 days of ED discharge (deterioration group).

An osteonecrosis model induced by oral bisphosphonate in ovariectomised rats.

Objective: To develop a model of osteonecrosis using oral bisphosphonate in ovariectomy-induced osteoporotic rats.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-six rats were subjected to ovariectomy or sham surgery. After 8 weeks, rats received oral alendronate (1.

Intraoperative detection of viable bone with fluorescence imaging using Visually Enhanced Lesion Scope in patients with bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: clinical and pathological evaluation.

Unlabelled: There is no standard surgical protocol of bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws (BRONJ), because of the impossibility to visualize this feature intraoperatively. The aim of this study was to introduce how to provide preoperative labeling of the viable bone with minocycline bone fluorescence technique (MBFT) by using VELscope® and investigate histopathologically.

Introduction: The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) and the Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (JSOMS) now recommend a more conservative treatment strategy.