Injection of synthetic fillers for soft tissue augmentation is increasing over the last decade. One of the most common materials used is hyaluronic acid (HA) that is safe and temporary filler for soft tissue augmentation. We present a case of 54-year-old female who experienced vascular occlusion and nasal alar necrosis following HA injection to the nasolabial folds. She suffered from pain, necr...

BACKGROUND Pelvic floor hernias pose a diagnostic and a treatment challange. Neurofibromatosis is a rare systemic disease, and urinary tract involvement is rare. CASE PRESENTATION Here we report a case of a 54-year-old female with multiple neurofibromatosis who presented with features of obstructed defecation and was found to have a large perineal hernia. At surgery, we found an unusual herni...

BACKGROUND There is a controversy regarding the use of gastric pouch for benign and malignant bladder diseases. OBJECTIVES The aim of this retrospective study was to report our experience, mostly on gastric neobladder (not gastrocystoplasty) for benign and malignant bladder diseases, its complications, outcomes and follow-up results. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this retrospective case series, ...

injection of synthetic fillers for soft tissue augmentation is increasing over the last decade. one of the most common materials used is hyaluronic acid (ha) that is safe and temporary filler for soft tissue augmentation. we present a case of 54-year-old female who experienced vascular occlusion and nasal alar necrosis following ha injection to the nasolabial folds. she suffered from pain, necr...

The objective of this study is to evaluate the contribution to semantic integration of the semantic relations extracted from concept names, representing augmented knowledge. Three augmentation methods – based on linguistic phenomena – are investigated (reification, nominal modification, and prepositional attachment). The number of concepts aligned in two ontologies of anatomy before and after a...