Feasibility of augmented reality using dental arch-based registration applied to navigation in mandibular distraction osteogenesis: a phantom experiment.

Objective: Distraction osteogenesis is a primary treatment for severe mandibular hypoplasia. Achieving the ideal mandible movement direction through precise distraction vector control is still a challenge in this surgery. Therefore, the aim of this study was to apply Optical See-Through (OST) Augmented Reality (AR) technology for intraoperative navigation during mandibular distractor installation and analyze the feasibility to evaluate the effectiveness of AR in a phantom experiment.

Neck dissection of cN0 maxillary oral squamous cell carcinoma: A study based on SEER database.

Objective: For patients with clinical nodal-negative (cN0) maxillary oral squamous cell carcinoma (MOSCC), neck dissection (ND) and clinical observation are the main two management strategies for the neck. However, the indications corresponding to these two options remain controversial. This study aimed to elucidate the clinical factors affecting ND treatment and to identify clinical characteristics of the population that may benefit from ND based on a retrospective analysis of cN0 MOSCC patient data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database.

Augmented reality hologram combined with pre-bent distractor enhanced the accuracy of distraction vector transfer in maxillary distraction osteogenesis, a study based on 3D printed phantoms.

Background: Vector control is a significant concern in maxillary distraction osteogenesis (DO). Distraction vector planning on the patient's 3D-printed skull phantom is more intuitive for surgeons and cost-efficient than virtual surgical planning. However, the accuracy of transferring the planned vector to intraoperative (vector transfer) according to the shape of the pre-bent footplate alone is relatively limited.

Simulation-based training following a theoretical lecture enhances the performance of medical students in the interpretation and short-term retention of 20 cross-sectional transesophageal echocardiographic views: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial.

Background: Both simulation-based training and video-based training serve as educational adjuncts for learning TEE among medical students. In the present study, we hypothesized that simulation-based training would better enhance the performance of medical students in the interpretation of 20 cross-sectional views compared to video-based training.

Methods: A total of 120 4th-year undergraduate medical students were enrolled in the present study.

Analgesic efficacy of postoperative bilateral, ultrasound-guided, posterior transversus abdominis plane block for laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery: a randomized, prospective, controlled study.

Background: We assessed whether a postoperative bilateral, ultrasound-guided, posterior transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block could reduce 24 h rescue tramadol requirement compared with placebo in patients undergoing elective laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery.

Methods: Patients scheduled to undergo elective laparoscopic surgery following the diagnosis of colorectal cancer were included in this study and randomized into Group and Group Control. The patients received a postoperative bilateral, ultrasound-guided, posterior TAP block in either 20 mL of 0.

[Application of high frequency color Doppler ultrasonography combined with microvascular stapler in maxillofacial defect repair].

To evaluate the clinical application value of high frequency color Doppler ultrasound（HFCUS） combined with microvascular stapler in the repair of oral and maxillofacial defects with the anterolateral thigh perforator flap. Forty maxillofacial malignant tumor patients were divided into HFCUS+stapler group（23 cases） and control group（17 cases）. All of cases used anterolateral thigh flap without fascia lata to repair the soft tissue defect in the operative area.

DNA Demethylation Rescues the Impaired Osteogenic Differentiation Ability of Human Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells in High Glucose.

Diabetes mellitus, characterized by abnormally high blood glucose levels, gives rise to impaired bone remodeling. In response to high glucose (HG), the attenuated osteogenic differentiation capacity of human periodontal ligament stem cells (hPDLSCs) is associated with the loss of alveolar bone. Recently, DNA methylation was reported to affect osteogenic differentiation of stem cells in pathological states.

PPARγ and Wnt Signaling in Adipogenic and Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells.

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) arise from a variety of tissues, including bone marrow and adipose tissue and, accordingly, have the potential to differentiate into multiple cell types, including osteoblasts and adipocytes. Research on MSCs to date has demonstrated that a large number of transcription factors and ectocytic or intrastitial signaling pathways regulate adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation. A theoretical inverse relationship exists in adipogenic and osteogenic lineage commitment and differentiation, such that signaling pathways induce adipogenesis at the expense of osteogenesis and vice versa.