Lateral cleft lip and macrostomia: Case report and review of the literature.

Lateral clefts are rare in occurrence. The lateral cleft is cause by failure of fusion of the maxillary and mandibular dermatomes. It is also associated with preaurical tags.

An Abdominal Flap to Save the Right Forearm and the Hand, Following a High-voltage Electric Burn in a Child: A Case Report.

High - voltage electric burns are very rare in children. This is a report of a seven years old boy, who presented 20 days after severe burns following a contact with a high - voltage electric line during playing. He was treated for the above at another hospital and was referred for further management.

Asthmatics with gastroesophageal reflux: long term results of a randomized trial of medical and surgical antireflux therapies.

Objective: In short term studies, asthma symptoms and pulmonary function have been reported to improve during and after medical treatment or surgical correction of gastroesophageal reflux (GER). In this study, we aimed to determine whether prolonged treatment of GER altered the long term natural history of asthma in asthmatics with GER.

Methods: A total of 62 patients with both GER and asthma entered a randomized study of antireflux treatments for at least 2 yr: 24 controls (antacids as needed); 22 medical (ranitidine 150 mg t.