Objective: To compare plate extrusion rates of mini-plates versus reconstruction plates in the fixation vascularized fibula into segmental mandibular defects. Study Design: Retrospective Review. Setting: Department Plastic and Reconstructive surgery, Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. Period: January 2017 to December 2019. Material & Methods: In this retrospective review, 38 pati...

OBJECTIVE To describe our pioneer national experience with 11 patients with soft tissue defects in the distal 1/3 of the leg, ankle and forefoot treated with extensor digitorum brevis muscle flap (EDB). METHODS Between November 2009 and July 2012 11 patients were operated with the flap technique. We operated nine men and two women aged between 10 and 66 years. The surgical indications were ac...

Alveolar bone dehiscences, which were “V” shaped defects related the margin of the alveolar bone, were common findings in different populations and decreased bony support of teeth. It was difficult to detect dehiscence during direct clinical examination. All of the previous studies on the prevalence of dehiscences were based on dry human skulls. In the current article, we evaluated the prevalen...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) unit with digital intraoral radiography technique for detecting periodontal defects. METHODS The study material comprised 12 dry skulls with maxilla and mandible. Artificial defects (dehiscence, tunnel, and fenestration) were created on anterior, premolar and molar teeth separately using bur...

The objective of this case report is to introduce a customized CAD/CAM freeze-dried bone allograft (FDBA) block for its use in Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR) procedures for severely deficient maxillary bones. Additionally, a special newly developed remote incision technique is presented to avoid wound dehiscence. The results show optimal integration behavior of the FDBA block after six months a...

A chimeric toxic gene consisting of the diphtheria toxin A chain gene fused to a promoter previously shown to direct pistil- and anther-specific expression was used to genetically target cell killing in transgenic Arabidopsis. Flowers of Arabidopsis transformants that carried the toxic gene fusion had distinct structural defects. The papillar cells at the stigma surface were stunted and were bi...

The Arabidopsis mutant defective in anther dehiscence1 ( dad1 ) shows defects in anther dehiscence, pollen maturation, and flower opening. The defects were rescued by the exogenous application of jasmonic acid (JA) or linolenic acid, which is consistent with the reduced accumulation of JA in the dad1 flower buds. We identified the DAD1 gene by T-DNA tagging, which is characteristic to a putativ...

One hundred adult South African Negro skulls having a complete maxillary dentition were examined for the pre­ sence of dehiscence and fenestrations o f the labial or buccal alveolar plate. The defects were diagnosed ac­ cording to the definition in the Journal o f Periodontology, Glossary.of Terms (1977). It was found that 8,4 per cent o f teeth had either dehiscences or fenestrations and 28,5 ...

We describe an exceptional case of non-fatal septic rupture of the ascending aorta in a patient with sternal dehiscence, deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) and pleural empyema after aortocoronary bypass surgery. Routine follow-up computed tomography (CT) detected a mediastinal pseudoaneurysm originating from the ascending aorta. Thereby, massive and irregular sternal bone defects and contrast-...