Short-Term Clinical Outcomes and Safety Associated With Percutaneous Radiofrequency Treatment for Excessive Sweating.

Background: Primary excessive sweating of the axilla affects approximately 3.12% of the US population and has a negative impact on individuals' lives.

Objectives: We report the safety and effectiveness up to 90 days after treating excessive sweating with percutaneous radiofrequency when using a standardized protocol.

Cranial distraction for plagiocephaly: quantitative morphologic analyses of cranium using three-dimensional computed tomography and a life-size model.

The aim of this study was to analyze the morphologic changes of the craniofacial skeleton in synostotic plagiocephaly after cranial distraction. Preoperative and postoperative computed tomography scans were taken, and three-dimensional reconstruction was then performed. Three measurements were obtained: intracranial volume, volume of the middle cranial fossa, and length of the zygomatic arch.

Cranial remodeling to treat craniosynostosis by gradual distraction using a new device.

Object: The authors describe their experience in remodeling the shape of the cranium in children with craniosynostosis by using gradual distraction. In half of the cases, a new distraction device developed by the authors was used.

Methods: Twenty children with craniosynostosis underwent frontoorbital advancement and cranial remodeling assisted by gradual distraction.