2024 December - 21 articles
Introduction: Refractory epilepsy is common in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), significantly affecting their cognitive development and quality of life. Surgical interventions provide a therapeutic option, but it remains unclear which te...
Study Design: This was a single-institution, retrospective cohort study. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess a surgical technique for spinal reconstruction after corpectomy, integrating an allograft/autograft within a vertebral body...
Background/Objectives: Pediatric facial fractures present unique challenges due to the anatomical, physiological, and developmental differences in children’s facial structures. The growing facial bones in children complicate diagnosis and treat...
Background/Objectives: Orthopedic hip surgery has undergone advances driven by innovations in surgical techniques and improved patient care protocols. The aim was to synthesize and appraise all studies relevant to hip surgery published in Knee Surger...
Background/Objectives: Patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) thresholds have been used as a marker of good functional outcome following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) but have not been applied to pre-operative subjective function. This study aimed t...
Background: Adrenal cortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare and aggressive malignant tumor with an estimated prevalence of 0.5–2 cases per million people. For patients with advanced or metastatic disease, the prognosis is very poor, and death usuall...
Background/Objectives: Malpractice in cardiovascular surgery was addressed from the forensic pathology perspective, offering reflections on risk prevention in the Italian context. Litigation and risk management in healthcare, following the Italian la...
Background: The increasing incidence of cerebrovascular accidents represents an emerging problem. The rise in risk factors such as lifestyle choices—smoking, poor nutrition, and metabolic diseases—poses a significant challenge for the glo...
Background: Crown lengthening (CL) in esthetic areas has become a versatile procedure with applications in many clinical situations. Knowledge concerning different periodontal phenotypes, and the supracrestal tissue attachment (STA)—former biol...
Background: Mandibular condylar fractures are among the most common fractures of the facial skeleton, and their surgical management remains a topic of considerable debate in maxillofacial trauma surgery. Numerous studies in the literature internation...
Background: The gold standard treatment of acute cholecystitis is early laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), as indicated in the Tokyo Guidelines (TG). However, the definition of “early” is still unclear. In 2013, TG suggested surgical inte...
Objective: to study the effectiveness of type II pectoral nerve block (PEC II) for breast augmentation with submuscular implants by assessing opioid consumption and pain scale in the immediate postoperative period, from the post-anesthesia care unit...
Introduction: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) impedes the ability to recover from lower extremity arthroplasties (LEA) while simultaneously increasing risks of peri- and postoperative complications, morbidity, and mortality. Despite the known risks...
Background: Breast reconstruction after mastectomy may improve psychological sequelae for patients. The objective of this study is to characterize differences in depression and anxiety rates for mastectomy and breast reconstruction (BR) patients by r...
Open total cranial vault reconstruction (CVR) is the common procedure in managing craniosynostosis, yet more techniques have been introduced as alternatives, namely endoscopic suturectomy (ES), endoscopy-assisted craniectomy (EC), spring-assisted sur...
Background: Oral wound healing in the aging population is a multifaceted issue requiring a comprehensive approach, considering the physiological changes that come with aging and the frequent presence of comorbidities. Methods: This descriptive review...
Background: We use vessel dilators to assess the diameter of the target vein during surgery for arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation in hemodialysis patients. This study investigates the efficacy of using vein diameter as measured using dilators (sur...
Objective: This review evaluated the use of autogenous tooth as a bone graft material in guided bone regeneration (GBR). Moreover, it compared the results of GBR using autogenous demineralized dentin, partially demineralized dentin, and mineralized d...
Tumors of the spine are rare, with an incidence of 1.0 and 1.5 per 100,000 individuals. A 44-year-old female patient underwent emergency surgery for posterior decompression and tumor resection. A 3-level laminectomy was performed from T6 to T8 using...
Background: Evidence on return to sport (RTS) criteria and timelines for pediatric patients with osteochondral (OCD) lesions of the foot and ankle is limited. Methods: This systematic review evaluated RTS criteria and outcomes in this population by q...
Background: Robotic systems have the potential to significantly enhance the accuracy and outcomes of spinal surgery. Adopting this new technology requires an examination of its learning curve and influencing factors. This study analyzes the learning...
