Novel insights into the management of rheumatoid arthritis: one year in review 2024.

New evidence from 2023 has slightly shifted some perspectives on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management. Glucocorticoids have reaffirmed their role as bridging therapy, while novel studies on JAK inhibitors have examined efficacy, mechanism of action, and their potential in high-risk populations, bolstering our understanding with real-world data.Additionally, among treatment strategies, achieving low disease activity has emerged as comparable to achieving remission in the long term, and new insights have been gained regarding tapering both biological and conventional synthetic DMARDs.

Cystic lesions of the jaws: a retrospective clinicopathologic study of 2030 cases.

Objective: The aim of this study was to perform an epidemiologic analysis of cases of jaw cysts treated from 1973 to 2012 at the Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit of the Verona Hospital, Italy, and to compare the data obtained with those published in the literature.

Study Design: A retrospective survey of 2030 patients treated for jaw cysts from 1973 to 2012 was performed. The lesions were classified according to the 2005 World Health Organization histologic classification, and the following variables were analyzed: age, gender, histopathologic diagnosis, and site of onset.

Keratocyst, conservative treatment: case report.

The odontogenic keratocyst is now designated as a keratocystic odontogenic tumor and is defined as a benign uni- or multicystic, intraosseus tumor of odontogenic origin, with a characteristic lining of parakeratiniezed tumour as a better reflects is neoplastic nature. This case report presents the marsupialization procedure for the treatment of a keratocystic lesion.

Bilateral pneumothorax after orthognatic surgery.

Among complications in orthognathic surgery, the insurgence of pneumothorax is very rare. Pneumothorax is the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity and it is rare complications in the postoperative oral and maxillofacial surgery patient. The clinical results are dependent on the degree of collapse of the lung on the affected side.

Complications of orthognathic surgery: the inferior alveolar nerve.

This study analyzes permanent paresthetic disorders regarding the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) after mandibular ramus sagittal osteotomy procedures. Fifty patients (ie, 100 nerves) who underwent mandibular bilateral sagittal split osteotomy between 2003 and 2007 were evaluated to detect sensorial disorders of the IAN. The evaluation was performed for each patient at least 1 year after surgical intervention.