Maxillofacial trauma in geriatric patients in an aging country.

Similar to other developing countries, the elderly population has increased in Türkiye in the last 30 years. Due to this increase, there has been a rise in the number of elderly patients suffering from maxillofacial injuries. This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the data of patients with geriatric facial trauma treated in our trauma center between 2010 and 2022 and the leading types of injuries, their causes, accompanying findings, and preferred treatment methods according to sex and age.

The effects of fat graft and platelet-rich fibrin combination after epineurectomy in rats.

Objective: One of the most important factors that adversely affects the outcome of peripheral nerve surgery is the formation of epineural and extraneural scar tissue after surgery. Many surgical methods and pharmacological and chemical agents have been used to prevent the formation of epineural scar tissue, but satisfactory results have not been achieved in clinical applications. The purpose of this study was to investigate the combined effect of fat graft and platelet-rich fibrin on the formation of epineural scar tissue and on nerve healing in the mature rat model.

The reduction of extraneural scarring with buccal mucosa graft wrapping around the sciatic nerve: an experimental study in a rat model.

Background: The postoperative development of epineural and extraneural scar tissue adversely affects peripheral nerve surgery outcomes. Although several surgical methods, pharmacological agents, and chemical materials have been used to prevent epineural scar formation in both clinical and experimental models, the results are still unsatisfactory. The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of buccal mucosa graft (BMG) wrapping on epineural scarring in an adult rat model.

A new, simple technique for gradual primary closure of fasciotomy wounds.

Background: The aim of this study was to demonstrate a new, easy and safe technique, which has not been defined in the literature previously, that enables the gradual primary closure of fasciotomy wounds using barbed sutures.

Methods: The technique was performed on five patients who presented with fasciotomy wounds on both upper and lower extremities, varying in size, observed after compartment syndrome due to different causes. The average width of the defects for which primary closure was planned was 8.

Outcomes of elderly burn patients requiring hospitalization.

Background: The elderly population is more likely to be affected by accidents, such as burns, compared to younger populations because of their diminished host defense. There is limited data about the outcomes of elderly burn patients requiring hospitalization.

Methods: In this retrospective study, we assessed the epidemiology and outcomes of burn injuries in elderly patients (>60 years old) admitted to a burn unit of a tertiary medical center based on patient characteristics, type and extent of burns, treatment, hospital stay and mortality rates.

Treatment of recurrent temporomandibular joint dislocation.

Temporomandibular joint dislocation is defined as the movement of condyle out of the fossa and the advancement of the posterior surface of the condyle in front of the articular eminence. If this condition becomes chronic, surgical treatment is the only option. The goal of surgical treatment is to reposition the condyle and prevent further recurrences.

Effects of repetitive injections of hyaluronic acid on peritendinous adhesions after flexor tendon repair: a preliminary randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of three injections of hyaluronic acid (HA) versus placebo (saline) over a two-week period on functional outcomes after zone-II flexor tendon repairs.

Methods: Twenty-two patients with isolated zone-II flexor tendon injury of the index fingers were included in this study. Before tenorrhaphy, fingers were randomly divided into two groups; 11 were treated with three injections of HA around the tenorrhaphy site and 11 served as a placebo group and were treated with saline in the same way.

Use of human amniotic membrane as an interpositional material in treatment of temporomandibular joint ankylosis.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to demonstrate whether the human amniotic membrane (HAM) as an interpositional material could prevent temporomandibular joint (TMJ) reankylosis in the randomized rabbit model.

Materials And Methods: In our experimental study, 24 New Zealand white rabbits were used and all right joints were operated. The rabbits were divided into 2 groups.

Severe hand injuries in children related to farm tractors: a report of 70 cases.

Background: The purpose of this study was to review tractor-related childhood hand injuries.

Methods: Seventy children (53 males, 17 females; range 1 to 11 years) were admitted to our unit. Patients were analyzed according to sex, age, pattern of injury, type of treatment and functional results.

Dressing of the axilla using a water-filled surgical glove after axilla grafting.

Usually, after grafting of the axilla, it is difficult to obtain a reliable dressing using traditional materials including tulls and fluffy gauzes. As an alternative to this traditional approach, a sterile surgical glove filled with saline can be used to obtain a bulky dressing.

Thermal injury due to electrosurgery.

Since the electrosurgical instruments are commonly used in a wide variety of surgical specialties, understanding of the properties of these instruments is very important to prevent the potential complications. We report the case of a patient who sustained a third-degree dermal burn caused by contact with the ground plate of the electrosurgical system. This burn healed with surgical treatment.

Effects of human amniotic fluid on cartilage regeneration from free perichondrial grafts in rabbits.

After the chondrogenic potential of free grafts of perichondrium was shown in several experimental studies, perichondrium has been used to reconstruct cartilage tissue in various clinical situations. This study investigates the effects of human amniotic fluid on neochondrogenesis from free perichondrial grafts in a rabbit model. Since this fluid contains high concentrations of hyaluronic acid, hyaluronic acid-stimulating activator, growth factors, and extracellular matrix precursors during the second trimester, it may have a stimulating effect on neochondrogenesis.

[Clinical evaluation and treatment results of 30 patients with necrotizing fasciitis].

Background: We retrospectively evaluated patients who underwent treatment for necrotizing fasciitis within a five-year period.

Methods: Thirty patients (4 females, 26 males; mean age 55 years; range 19 to 78 years) with necrotizing fasciitis were evaluated with respect to age, sex, etiology, predisposing factors, localization of infections, culture results, and treatment methods and results.

Results: The most common etiologic and predisposing factors were anorectal lesions (36.

The effects of a combination of hyaluronic and amniotic membrane on the formation of peritendinous adhesions after flexor tendon surgery in chickens.

We have investigated the effects of the intra-operative application of a combination of hyaluronic acid and amniotic membrane on adhesions in the flexor tendons of a chicken model. We used 144 tendons which were partially divided and then repaired by a modified Kessler technique. There were four test groups: group 1, simple tendon repair, group 2, repair site wrapped with amniotic membrane, group 3, hyaluronic acid injected around the repair site, and group 4, repair site wrapped with amniotic membrane and hyaluronic acid injected within it.

Thermal injuries due to paint thinner.

This study was designed to evaluate the epidemiology and outcome of burn injuries due to paint thinner in a local burn center. During a 10-year period, 32 patients were admitted to our Burn Unit for paint thinner thermal burn. Patients were reviewed regarding the age, sex, etiologic factors, extent and localization of burn, treatment methods, length of hospitalization, and results.

Combined application of human amniotic membrane wrapping and hyaluronic acid injection in epineurectomized rat sciatic nerve.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of combined application of human amniotic membrane wrapping and hyaluronic acid injection on peripheral nerve scarring in an adult rat model. After circumferential epineurectomies of right sciatic nerves were performed in each of 72 rats, nerves were randomly divided into three groups: (1) nothing was done additional to epineurectomy; (2) the epineurectomized segment was wrapped with human amniotic membrane; and (3) the epineurectomized segment was wrapped with human amniotic membrane and hyaluronic acid was injected inside. The extent of adhesions and perineurial scar thickness was macroscopically and histologically evaluated at 4 and 12 weeks.

[A retrospective analysis of 204 mandibular fractures].

Background: We retrospectively reviewed patients who were treated and followed-up for mandibular fractures within a 10-year period.

Methods: A total of 204 patients (158 males, 46 females; mean age 22.4 years; range 5 to 72 years) were retrospectively evaluated with respect to age groups, sex, etiology, associated injuries, localization and type of the fractures, treatment methods, and early and late complications.

Effects of hyaluronic acid on peripheral nerve scarring and regeneration in rats.

The purpose of this experimental study was to investigate the effects of topical applications of hyaluronic acid on peripheral nerve scarring and regeneration in an adult rat model. After the right sciatic nerves of 48 rats were transected and immediately repaired, nerves were randomly divided into two groups. Nerves to which were applied hyaluronic acid comprised the experimental group, and nerves to which were applied saline comprised the control group.

Effects of human amniotic fluid on peripheral nerve scarring and regeneration in rats.

Object: Peripheral nerve repair surgery is still replete with challenges. Despite technical improvements in microsurgery, classic methods of nerve repair have failed to provide satisfactory results. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of amniotic fluid from humans on peripheral nerve scarring and regeneration in rats.

Bilateral parotid-duct diversion using autologous vein grafts for the management of chronic drooling in cerebral palsy.

Chronic drooling is a major problem in patients with cerebral palsy and other neurological dysfunctions. Various treatments, ranging from speech therapy to radical surgery, have been used to overcome this distressing problem, with surgery the most consistently successful. In this study, we used a new surgical technique to manage severe drooling.

The influence of human amniotic fluid on the potential of rabbit ear perichondrial flaps to form cartilage tissue.

Since several experimental and clinical studies demonstrated the chondrogenic potential of perichondrium, there has been great interest in examining factors that might promote neochondrogenesis from perichondrium. Human amniotic fluid contains hyaluronic acid, growth factors and extracellular macromolecules, and may, therefore, have a stimulating effect on cartilage regeneration. This experimental study investigated the effect of human amniotic fluid on cartilage regeneration from rabbit ear perichondrial flaps, using 96 ears of 48 New Zealand young rabbits.

Effects of human amniotic fluid on peritendinous adhesion formation and tendon healing after flexor tendon surgery in rabbits.

The effect of the topical application of human amniotic fluid (HAF) on peritendinous adhesion formation and tendon healing was investigated in 32 New Zealand adult rabbits. The long flexor tendons of the digits of each hind paw were completely divided and repaired with a modified Kessler technique. The rabbits were randomly divided into 4 experimental groups according to the type of repair used: sheath excision, sheath excision and local HAF application, sheath repair, and sheath repair and local HAF application.

An experimental study of bilateral repositioning of the Stensen's duct orifices with autologous vein and artery grafts in dogs.

Sialorrhoea is an indication of dysfunction in the coordination of the swallowing mechanism. Disturbance in this coordination results in excess pooling of saliva in the anterior mouth and resultant drooling. Several surgical techniques have been described for the management of sialorrhoea.