BACKGROUND We present a case of a 51-year-old male patient with pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) of the left temporomandibular joint (TMJ) that initially presented as a slow-growing left facial mass. Upon further workup, a contrast-enhanced CT scan demonstrated an expansile soft tissue mass in the left TMJ. METHODS The lesion was diagnosed through fine-needle aspiration biopsy. The pat...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To describe the elements critical to successful middle temporal artery periosteal rotational flap harvest and utilization based on the anatomic features of the middle temporal artery. STUDY DESIGN Description of anatomy based on cadaver dissection. METHODS Seventy temporal fossa dissections were performed on 35 adult human cadavers. RESULTS Sixty-nine of 70 dissectio...

Oroantral communication (OAC) is a common complication following extraction of maxillary premolar and molar teeth. This is due to the close anatomic proximity of the roots of these teeth to the maxillary sinus. The most frequent methods utilized in the office described in the literature to close an oroantral communication involve the use of a buccal or palatal rotational advancement flap or use...

Abstract This study presents two-dimensional aerodynamic investigations of various high-lift configuration settings concerning the deflection angles droop nose, spoiler and flap in context enhancing performance by dynamic movement. The highlight impact a periodically oscillating trailing edge on lift, drag flow separation numerical simulations. computations are conducted with regard to variatio...

purpose : to evaluate the efficiency and safety of using autologous fibrin glue for attachment of a conjunctival autograft in primary pterygium surgery methods : in this prospective interventional case series, 15 eyes from 13 patients with primary nasal pterygium were included for conjunctival autograft surgery. on the operation day, thrombin and fibrinogen were prepared from the patient’s own ...