Comparative Benefits of Open versus Closed Reduction of Condylar Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Many fractures of the mandibular condylar neck are amenable to both open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) and closed treatment. Clinical outcomes following these two modalities remains a topic of debate. This systematic review critically appraises the literature to compare them following these treatment options.

Severe Sleep Apnea Associated With Increased Systemic Inflammation and Decreased Serum Bilirubin.

Purpose: Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) among older men has been associated with increased systemic inflammation, as evidenced by an increased neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and provocation of coronary artery atherosclerosis, potentially resulting in myocardial infarction (MI). The total serum bilirubin levels (TSBLs; formed primarily from senescent red blood cells via the catabolic pathway in the reticuloendothelial system) at the higher end of the normal reference range are anti-inflammatory. However, at the lower end of the physiologic range, they have been associated with increased adverse vascular events.

Relationship between symptomatic lower limb peripheral artery disease and calcified carotid artery plaque detected on panoramic images of neurologically asymptomatic males.

Objective: Males with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) are at high risk of ischaemic stroke given that atherogenic risk factors for both diseases are similar. We hypothesized that neurologically asymptomatic males diagnosed with PAD would demonstrate calcified carotid artery plaques (CCAP) on panoramic images (PI) significantly more often than similarly aged males not having PAD.

Methods: Investigators implemented a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea With Imaged Carotid Plaque Is Significantly Associated With Systemic Inflammation.

Purpose: Persons with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are at heightened risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke caused by adiposity and intermittent hypoxia, which provoke proinflammatory cytokines to induce systemic and vascular inflammation, resulting in endothelial dysfunction and development of atherosclerotic plaque. This study compared levels of systemic inflammation, as indexed by the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), between groups of patients with severe OSA with and without carotid artery calcified plaque (CACP and CACP, respectively) on their panoramic image (PI).

Materials And Methods: This study had a retrospective cross-sectional study design.

Positive Association Between Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio and Presence of Panoramically Imaged Carotid Atheromas Among Men.

Purpose: Heightened levels of systemic inflammation documented by increased neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratios (NLRs) characterize a robust atherosclerosis processes evidenced by carotid and coronary artery plaques at ultrasound and angiography with associated strokes and myocardial infarctions (MIs). Therefore, this study investigated whether calcified carotid artery plaques (CCAPs) on panoramic images (PIs), known to herald future stroke and MI, are associated with increased NLRs.

Materials And Methods: Using a cross-sectional study design, electronic medical records and PIs of non-Hispanic white men at least 55 years old who were treated by the dental service (January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017) were retrieved.

Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Is Positively Associated With the Presence of Carotid Artery Atheromas.

Purpose: Hypoxemia and hypertension caused by obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) often result in atherosclerosis of the carotid and coronary vessels and heightened risk of stroke and myocardial infarction (MI). Therefore, this study investigated whether severity of OSA, based on the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), is associated with the presence of calcified carotid artery (atherosclerotic) plaque (CCAP) seen on panoramic images (PIs).

Materials And Methods: Using a cross-sectional study design, the electronic medical records and PIs of all male patients referred from the sleep medicine service to the dental service from 2010 through 2016 were reviewed.

Association of calcified carotid artery plaque in panoramic images and diagonal earlobe crease.

Objectives:: Brazilians who are free of traditional atherogenic risk factors frequently suffer myocardial infarctions (MI). Calcified carotid artery plaque (CCAP) on panoramic images (PIs) has been shown to be a validated "risk indicator" of future MIs. The diagonal earlobe crease (DELC) is likewise a validated "risk indicator" of future MI.

Prevalence of Panoramically Imaged Carotid Atheromas in Alcoholic Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis and Comorbid Diabetes.

Purpose: Men with alcohol-related chronic pancreatitis (ARCP) resulting in type 3c diabetes mellitus (DM) are at a uniquely elevated risk of adverse ischemic events given the role of inflammation in both the underlying disease processes and atherosclerosis. We hypothesized that their panoramic images would show a prevalence of calcified carotid artery atheromas (calcified carotid artery plaques [CCAPs]) significantly more often than a general population of similarly aged men.

Patients And Methods: We implemented a retrospective observational study.

Prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma among patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Objective: Our objective was to determine primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) prevalence among obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients because the perioperative environment risks further damaging the optic nerve.

Study Design: We analyzed a "convenience sample" referred by Sleep Medicine for oral appliances because of continuous positive airway pressure intolerance. We determined the aggregate prevalence of the 3 POAG subtypes-"classic" open-angle glaucoma (COAG), normal-tension glaucoma (NTG), and open-angle glaucoma suspect (OAGS)-among the index population and compared it with that of same hospital's general population.

Males With Rheumatoid Arthritis Often Evidence Carotid Atheromas on Panoramic Imaging: A Risk Indicator of Future Cardiovascular Events.

Purpose: Males with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at an exceedingly high risk of adverse intraoperative ischemic events, given the role of systemic inflammation in the atherogenic process. We hypothesized that their panoramic images would demonstrate calcified carotid artery atheromas (CCAPs) significantly more often than those from a general population of similarly aged men.

Patients And Methods: We implemented a retrospective observational study.

Immediate Versus Delayed Treatment of Mandibular Fractures: A Stratified Analysis of Complications.

Purpose: To analyze the rate of complication outcomes of mandibular fracture repairs across different injury-to-repair time spans.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients with repaired mandibular fractures. The independent variable was the time span from injury to surgical repair.