Mesna in Otologic Surgery: Efficacy and Safety—A Scoping Review
PRISMA flow diagram indicating the process of systematic inclusion and exclusion of articles. ABSTRACT Objective Mesna (Sodium 2‐mercaptoethanesulfonate) is widely used as a mucolytic agent and uroprotective agent. Recently, its disulfide bond‐breaking property has been applied in otologic surgery to facilitate safer dissection of cholesteatoma and ...
Kevork H. Atamian +4 more
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A Novel Protocol to Accelerate Functional Orthopedic Treatment Using Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound in Patients With Skeletal Class II Malocclusion: A Preliminary Clinical Report. [PDF]
Almrayati DM +4 more
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Choice and Death: Analysis of Medical Assistance in Dying for Head and Neck Cancer in Ontario
The uptake of MAiD for head and neck cancer (HNC) has been steadily increasing since 2016, when MAiD first became available in Canada. Our study projects a substantial increase in the future use of MAiD for patients with HNC. As such, our health system needs to re‐evaluate and implement the necessary infrastructure to support the projected increase in ...
Tanika Curry +8 more
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Dental practitioners' perception of essential knowledge in occlusion: a large sample survey in China. [PDF]
Lu L +8 more
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Anterolateral‐Thigh Fascia Lata Free Flap Versus Fibula Free Flap for Mandibular Osteoradionecrosis
The anterolateral thigh fascia lata “rescue” free flap has been employed as a novel tool in the treatment of advanced partial thickness mandibular osteoradionecrosis. Compared with the traditional fibula free flap for the same indication, the “rescue” flap provides similar outcomes in terms of disease resolution, superior functional outcomes, and ...
Conrad K. Blunck +8 more
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ALT Rescue Flap With Iliac Crest Bone Graft and Spanning Plate for Mandibular ORN
In select patients with focal full‐thickness mandibular ORN defects, the use of ALTFL in conjunction with ICBG and a spanning reconstructive plate appears to offer clinical and radiographic arrest of ORN. This technique has considerably lower morbidity than osteocutaneous reconstruction, with abbreviated hospital stays, a low complication rate, and no ...
Derek J. Vos +4 more
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Fibula flap versus soft tissue flap with reconstruction plate for mandibular stage 3 medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: a retrospective cohort study. [PDF]
Lin Y +8 more
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Recurrent Maxillary Ameloblastoma Presenting as an External Auditory Canal Mass
Ameloblastoma with temporal bone involvement is exceedingly rare, with no prior reports of external auditory canal presentation. This case report demonstrates successful multidisciplinary management with extensive skull base resection and adjuvant radiation therapy, emphasizing the role of proton therapy in achieving tissue‐sparing treatment and long ...
Bailey H. Duhon +5 more
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Using a titanium printed resected human mandibular condyle as a potential replacement model: a hypothesis. [PDF]
Ngokwe ZB +4 more
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Transoral Minimal Access Mandibular Reconstruction Using Fibula Free Flap in Osteoradionecrosis
We conducted a retrospective review of 9 patients with mandibular ORN at our institution who underwent a limited transoral approach for segmental mandibulectomy reconstruction with fibula free flap and minimal access vessel isolation and anastomoses.
Derek J. Vos +7 more
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