OBJECTIVE To demonstrate an alternative method for intubating patients with fractures of maxilla and nose, prior to surgery. DESIGN Cases Report. PARTICIPANTS We studied 10 patients with facial fractures that affected maxilla and nose. INTERVENTION The patients were submitted to surgery under general anesthesia and submental oro-tracheal intubation. RESULTS This type of intubation allow...

New daily persistent headache (NDPH) is defined as a persistent and daily headache from onset. It is a unique headache that typically seen in people without a prior history of headaches. New daily persistent headache (NDPH) is an often medication-refractory headache disorder, currently classified as a primary headache disorder. Several medications including Onabotulinum toxin injections and sph...

Lip pits are a rare congenital anomaly that presents on the upper or lower lip or the commissure of the lips. Lip pits are an autosomal dominant trait occurring almost always in association with cleft lip or palate. They most commonly occur in association with developmental disturbances such as Van der Woude's syndrome, popliteal pterygium syndrome, oro-facial-digital syndrome, Marres-Cremers s...

LAURA ELISABETA CHECHERITA1, DANIELA TRANDAFIR2*, OVIDIU STAMATIN3, ELENA MIHAELA CARAUSU4 1Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Odontology-Periodontology and Fixed Prosthesis, 16 Universitatii Str., 700115, Iasi, Romania 2 Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Oro-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, 16 Universitatii Str., 700115, Iasi, Romania 3 G...

Here we describe a new segment polarity gene of Drosophila melanogaster, oroshigane (oro). Identified as a dominant enhancer of Bar (B), oro is also recessive embryonic lethal, and homozygous oro embryos show variable substitution of naked cuticle with denticles. These patterns are distinctly similar to those of hedgehog (hh) and wingless (wg) embryos, which indicates that oro functions in dete...