Reconstruction of the Amputated Auricle with Retro Auricular Flap in the Three Acts After a Human Bite.

Amputations of the earlobe after a human bite are rare. But when they appear, they present a challenge for the plastic surgeon, due to its reconstruction since the earlobe is anatomically built only from skin and cartilage. In these cases, the retro auricular flap represents a perfect solution for reconstruction.

Lotus petal flap reconstruction of labia major and perineum after necrotizing fasciitis infection: A case report.

Necrotizing fasciitis is one of the most serious and deadly infections in surgery. The tissue defects that result after a severe infection with necrotizing fasciitis are often not easy to resolve surgically. The importance of this article is to show the reconstructive efficacy of the lotus petal flap based on two perforators.

Comparison between ozone and CHX gel application for reduction of pain and incidence of dry socket after lower third molar removal.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy between ozone gas and 1% chlorhexidine (CHX) gel in the incidence of dry socket after surgical extraction of impacted lower third molars.

Material And Methods: Overall, 30 patients of both genders were included in the study, with indication of surgical extraction of lower third molar, positioned similarly after being clinically and radiographically checked by X-ray and orthopantomography. Each patient was subjected to both groups in separate sessions: treated with ozone gas and with CHX gel 1%.

Targeted Treatment and Immunotherapy in High-risk and Relapsed/ Refractory Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most frequent pediatric malignancy in children, comprising 30% of all pediatric malignancies; adult ALL comprises 5% of all ALL cases, which have a 186.6 per 1 million incidence. In pediatric ALL (pALL), on which this review focuses, approximately 1 in 285 children are diagnosed with cancer before the age of 20, and approximately 1 in 530 young adults between the ages of 20 and 39 years old is a childhood cancer survivor.

Discrepancy between pupils' body and classroom furniture in elementary schools: A case study in the Republic of Kosovo.

Background: Primary school children spend quite a lot of time sitting in classrooms. For this reason, it is necessary to make a scientific analysis of children's body dimensions and compare them with the furniture dimensions where they sit.

Objectives: The main aim of this paper is to present anthropometric data for pupils in primary schools in the Republic of Kosovo and give recommendations for school furniture design.

The changes in levels of blood cortisol, glucose, and oxygen saturation in type 2 diabetic patients during tooth extraction.

Objectives: The extraction of a tooth exacerbates the stress in diabetic patients leading to diabetic complications so the aim was to evaluate the changes in blood cortisol, glucose, and oxygen saturation in type 2 diabetic patients during tooth extraction to pay special attention during a routine surgical procedure.

Materials And Methods: The research included 40 patients with type 2 diabetes with indications of tooth extraction. They were divided into two subgroups by 20 participants and split according to local anesthesia (lidocaine with additional adrenaline or lidocaine only).

A 14-Year-Old Male Patient with Kawasaki Disease Presented with Stroke after COVID-19.

According to several studies, children represent only about 2% of the patients affected by the current SARS-CoV-2, and most often, they are asymptomatic. However, there is a concern about a vascular inflammatory disease which is similar to Kawasaki disease observed in children and adolescents weeks after infection. We report a case of Kawasaki disease presented with ischemic stroke in a 14-year-old male patient following SARS-Cov-2 infection.

Radial Access for Coronary Angiography Carries Fewer Complications Compared with Femoral Access: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Background And Aim: In patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography (CA) and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), the benefits associated with radial access compared with the femoral access approach remain controversial. The aim of this meta-analysis was to compare the short-term evidence-based clinical outcome of the two approaches.

Methods: The PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and ClinicalTrials.

Wear resistance and microhardness of various interim fixed prosthesis materials.

The aim of the present study is to evaluate the wear resistance and microhardness of various interim fixed prosthesis materials with different chemical compositions and curing methods. One heat-cured and four self-cured acrylic resins, and three self-cured, one light-cured, and one dual-cured composite-based materials were tested. For microhardness, samples from each group were tested after storing either at 37°C in artificial saliva for 7 days, followed by thermocycling, or in distilled water solution at 37°C for 24 h.

Evaluation of the Internal and Marginal Discrepancies of Co-Cr Metal Copings Prepared via CAD/CAM and Conventional Casting.

The aim of this study was to assess the internal and marginal discrepancies of chromium-cobalt (Co/Cr) copings fabricated using different techniques. A typodont molar tooth was prepared and replicated in die stone and scanned. Forty Co-Cr alloy copings were produced using four different production techniques: conventional casting (Cgroup), direct metal laser sintering (DMLS-group), micro-stereolithography/casting combination (μSLA-group), and computer-aided milling (M-group) (n = 10).