1)Abbas Montazem MD 2) S.Sadi Tavakoli MD Summery: Approximately 400,000 whiplash injuries occur each year in Germany.(in percentage the same as in Scandinavia) From these 10% require medical treatment. Instability of the craniocervical junction causes distress that can lead to the inability to work. It is often believed that the patient has a psychological problem, or that the patient is tryin...

Although, Facio-auriculo-vertebral sequence (FAVS) is a well recognized condition with cranio-facial, ocular and vertebral anomalies, extreme variability of expression is characteristic. Association of cardiac, CNS, lungs, kidneys and limb defects are described. We report a neonatal case with FAVS in association with congenital hypoparathyroidism.

Head posture is a resultant response of environmental influences on the growth and development of the cranio-mandibular complex. A review of the literature substantiates the importance of a proper occlusal plane orientation and how it plays a major role in postural stability. Failure to recognize and treat cranio-mandibular dysfunctions without an understanding of the importance of head posture...

Chronic pain conditions arising in the head, face, or neck have been traditionally a confusing area with a lack of a universally accepted classification. Despite the little progress in the understanding of the pathophysiologic processes in the origin of cranio-facial pain, new drugs and surgical procedures have improved the treatment. When the pain is limited to the distribution of a specific c...

Results Case report Female child born at term to consanguineous parents from Asian ethnicity needed surgical ligation of a large patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) during the neonatal period. Finger clubbing was noted first from 6 weeks of age; over the next few years, despite detailed assessment, no secondary cause could be found. At the age of 7 years, she presented to the rheumatology team with ...

AND TREATMENT.K Kita intm ?IV|.D'? ?By Donald Munro, A.B., 1 nKH 1 1 BJf WUI.aiU IV.UI..V, J/%n F.A.C.S. 1938. Oxford University Press, Lond Ppxxviii plus 412. With 62 illustration8' Price, 21s. Obtainable from Oxford Universe Press, Bombay and Calcutta The aphorism of Hippocrates that 'no head injur^t!g so trivial as to be neglected or so serious as to despaired of ' still holds good. With the...