Use of surface scanning for creation of transparent facial orthoses. A report of two cases.

Objective: To introduce the advantages of surface scanning over conventional burn mask construction to produce better fitting transparent facial orthoses (TFO).

Design: Two case reports.

Setting: Regional burn center.

Current medical, rehabilitation, and surgical management of vertebral compression fractures.

Approximately 25% of women over the age of 50 in the United States will suffer one or more vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) related to osteoporosis. VCFs are the most common of all osteoporotic fractures, with an incidence of approximately 700,000 annually. Such a fracture may cause significant pain, disability, and loss of general health and mobility and may lead to a progressive decline in quality of life.

Low back pain and myalgias in acute and relapsed mast cell leukemia: a case report.

Mast cell leukemia is a rare, severe disease that may manifest through an array of clinical presentations, including vasomotor flushing and hypotension. Leukemic infiltrate of muscle and bone may rarely occur, resulting in nonspecific myalgias, bony pain, and neuropathic pain secondary to compression of nerves by bone. Mast cell leukemia as a clinical entity has not been well described.