Novel Multidisciplinary Salivary Gland Society (MSGS) Questionnaire: An International Consensus.

Objectives: First, establishment and validation of a novel questionnaire documenting the burden of xerostomia and sialadenitis symptoms, including quality of life. Second, to compare two versions regarding the answering scale (proposed developed answers Q3 vs. 0-10 visual analogue scale Q10) of our newly developed questionnaire, in order to evaluate their comprehension by patients and their reproducibility in time.

En bloc resection of a C2-C3 upper cervical chordoma: Technical note.

Background: Recently, en bloc spondylectomy for upper cervical chordomas has been reported. Most authors utilize the combined approaches (e.g.

Prevalence of K-RAS Codons 12 and 13 Mutations in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Impact on Clinical Outcomes.

Background. RAS gene mutations have an impact on treatment response and overall prognosis for certain types of cancer. Objectives.

Reconstruction of the prevertebral space with a submental flap: a novel application.

Unlabelled: The submental island flap is an axial flap based on the submental branches of the facial artery. It is mostly used to recover oral and facial defects. In this report, a case is presented where it is used to reconstruct the prevertebral space during a spine surgery.

Isolated bilateral facial paralysis revealing AIDS: a unique presentation.

HIV is a recognized etiologic agent in the development of peripheral facial paralysis (PFP). In most cases, the paralysis appears in the acute phase of the HIV infection, and its prognosis is similar to Bell's palsy. Other etiologic agents are generally involved in the development of the paralysis in the later stages of the disease.