Perception of oral and maxillofacial surgery by Brazilian healthcare professionals: what has changed in ten years?

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Retrospective study of rare cutaneous malignant adnexal tumors of the head and neck in a tertiary care cancer hospital: a case series

Adnexal tumors of the skin are a large and diverse group of benign and malignant neoplasms, which exhibit morphological differentiation toward one of the different types of adnexal epithelium present in normal...

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Delivery of glycerol trinitrate after reconstruction with an oral free flap

We write to highlight an important clinical point that we recently encountered in a patient who had been treated by resection of the floor of the mouth. His past medical history included ischaemic heart disease and he was admitted for operation with an already prescribed glycerol trinitrate spray "as required" for his cardiac problems. Although there are many different ways to deliver the drug, a spray on to the sublingual mucosa provides the fastest response.

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Intraoperative cell isolation for a cytological assessment of bone resection margins in patients with head and neck cancer

The intraoperative cytological assessment of bony resection margins (ICAB) is a feasible diagnostic approach to support frozen section for assessment of invasion of margins of soft and hard tissue. However, complex resection margins could challenge both diagnostic approaches. Our objective here was to identify the limitations of intraoperative diagnostic methods for assessing margins. We present an advanced cytological approach to assess complex margins that may solve the problem. Data from 119 patients in whom frozen section was supported by ICAB, were reviewed and the reasons for false results analysed.

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Thyroid High-Impact Articles

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2017 Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy and the Postpartum
Erik K. Alexander, Elizabeth N. Pearce, Gregory A. Brent, Rosalind S. Brown, Herbert Chen, Chrysoula Dosiou, William A. Grobman, Peter Laurberg, John H. Lazarus, Susan J. Mandel, Robin P. Peeters, Scott Sullivan

Consanguinity and the Risk of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Raja Y. Zaghlol, Alireza Haghighi, Motasem M. Alkhayyat, Othman F. Theyab, Amal M. Owaydah, Mu'taz M. Massad, Mohammad A. Atari, Ayman A. Zayed

Response to Therapy Status Is an Excellent Predictor of Pregnancy-Associated Structural Disease Progression in Patients Previously Treated for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Luba Rakhlin, Stephanie Fish, R. Michael Tuttle

Can an Educational Intervention Improve Iodine Nutrition Status in Pregnant Women? A Randomized Controlled Trial
Parisa Amiri, Najmeh Hamzavi Zarghani, Pantea Nazeri, Fazlollah Ghofranipour, Mehrdad Karimi, Atieh Amouzegar, Parvin Mirmiran, Fereidoun Azizi

Stimulation of Thyroid Function by Human Chorionic Gonadotropin During Pregnancy: A Risk Factor for Thyroid Disease and a Mechanism for Known Risk Factors
Tim I.M. Korevaar, Yolanda B. de Rijke, Layal Chaker, Marco Medici, Vincent W.V. Jaddoe, Eric A. P. Steegers, Theo J. Visser, Robin P. Peeters

Biochemical Markers Reflecting Thyroid Function in Athyreotic Patients on Levothyroxine Monotherapy
Mitsuru Ito, Akira Miyauchi, Mako Hisakado, Waka Yoshioka, Akane Ide, Takumi Kudo, Eijun Nishihara, Minoru Kihara, Yasuhiro Ito, Kaoru Kobayashi, Akihiro Miya, Shuji Fukata, Mitsushige Nishikawa, Hirotoshi Nakamura, Nobuyuki Amino

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The effect of paravertebral block on maxillofacial free flap survival

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether continuous paravertebral block at levels T1 and T2 with bupivacaine infusion can improve the survival of free flaps in maxillofacial reconstruction. The study was designed as a randomized controlled trial and included 36 adult patients scheduled for maxillofacial free flap reconstruction under general anesthesia. Patients were randomly divided into two groups: patients in group A received continuous paravertebral block at levels T1 and T2, while patients in group B served as controls.

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Quality assessment of systematic reviews of the significance of keratinized mucosa on implant health

The aim of this overview was to assess the methods, quality, and outcomes of systematic reviews conducted to evaluate the importance of keratinized mucosa (KM) for the maintenance of peri-implant tissue health in humans. An electronic search was conducted without date or language restriction using the MEDLINE/PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and Embase databases up to December 2015. The eligibility criteria included systematic reviews with/without meta-analysis and with a focus on the influence of KM on peri-implant health around implants.

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