Hypopharyngeal extrusion of 2.5 feet (76 cm) of polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex): initial laser-assisted office-based removal and micropharyngeal completion.

Extrusion of an implant after medialization laryngoplasty is unusual and warrants removal. Most commonly, it extrudes through the laryngeal introitus, but rarely, it extrudes through the pyriform sinus. A case report in which 2.

Initial anatomic geographic presentation of glottal dysplasia.

Glottal dysplasia is likely the most common laryngeal disease with a discernible lesion; however, investigations describing its initial anatomic geographic presentation are rare. To examine this, we identified 52 patients who did not have significant prior treatment or glottal cancer. Thirty-one patients had bilateral disease, so there were 83 vocal folds with precancerous dysplasia.

Abuse of prescription and over-the-counter medications.

The nonmedical use of prescription or over-the-counter (OTC) medications implies that the user is using them for reasons other than those indicated in the prescribing literature or on the box label. The abuse of these medications is a national issue. Intentional drug abuse of prescribed and OTC medicines has climbed steadily.

Burkitt's lymphoma of the base of the tongue: a case report and review of the literature.

Burkitt's lymphoma is a highly aggressive, mature B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that is rare outside Africa. We report a case of Burkitt's lymphoma presenting as a rapidly expanding tongue-base mass that caused airway obstruction in an 80-year-old Palestinian man living in California. According to our review of the literature, this is only the third reported case of Burkitt's lymphoma arising in the base of the tongue.

Pharmacologic therapies for complex regional pain syndrome.

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) remains a challenging condition to diagnose and treat. There are few large-scale, randomized trials of pharmacologic agents, and most published studies are small, uncontrolled, or presented only in abstract form at meetings. The most commonly used agents, such as anticonvulsants, antidepressants, and opiates, have been found to be useful for other neuropathic pain conditions in large-scale trials but have not been adequately studied in CRPS.

Visual risks of facial fracture repair in the setting of traumatic optic neuropathy.

Objective: To identify whether facial fracture repair in patients with traumatic optic neuropathy results in visual deterioration.

Design: A retrospective analysis was performed of all patients admitted from 1992 through 1997 with the diagnosis of facial fracture and traumatic optic neuropathy. Vision was recorded before and after fracture repair using logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution measurements.

Linking of bone morphogenetic protein-2 to resorbable fracture plates for enhancing bone healing.

Objective: To test whether bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-2 may be covalently linked to resorbable fracture repair plates using an ester-hydrolysis reaction and determining whether the linked compound can facilitate bone growth.

Study Design: Laboratory in vitro experiments.

Method: Resorbable fracture repair plates were partially hydrolyzed using varying concentrations of acid or base.