Background: The cytokines have a major role in the inflammatory response to surgery and trauma. They have local effects of mediating and maintaining the inflammatory response to tissue injury, and also initiate some of the systemic changes which occur. IL-6 is one of the above mentioned cytokines, but it is not clear whether the duration of trauma or surgery has some effect on IL-6 level, so th...

1 Oral and maxillofacial surgery and trauma specialist, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, PE. Oral and maxillofacial surgeon. 2 Oral and maxillofacial surgery and trauma specialist, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, PE. Oral and maxillofacial surgeon. 3 Medical resident in oral and maxillofacial surgery, Hospital da Restauração, Recife, PE. Dental surgeon. 4 Doctoral degree in oral biology, Paris...

HYPOTHESIS Presenting the opinions of surgical residents about the appeal of trauma surgery as a specialty may influence current reform. DESIGN Survey study. SETTING Academic research. PARTICIPANTS General surgery residents (postgraduate years 1-5 and recent graduates) registered with the American College of Surgeons. INTERVENTIONS A 22-item survey. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Career plans ...

The epithelial implantation cysts are rare complications of orbital trauma or surgery. They arise due to tissue manipulation during surgery secondary delivery cells deeper areas. We hereby present a case cyst in an elderly gentleman who became symptomatic with progressive diplopia and proptosis following cranio-orbital trauma. Histopathologic assessment showed lined by respiratory epithelium. T...

cutaneous metaplastic synovial cyst (cmsc), presents as a solitary, tender subcutaneous nodule that usually occurs at the site of previous surgery or trauma. histologically, the lesion is characterized by a cystic structure with villous-like projections that lined by metaplastic synovial tissue. the main cause remains unclear, but trauma is presumed to be a precipitating factor, as most reporte...