In ears with advanced pathology the functional and anatomical results of a surgical procedure depend on factors such as total perforation, tympanosclerosis. Atelectasis. Suppuration or possibility a previous operation. A Perichondrium-Cartilage Composite Graft (PCCG) was used to repair the tympanic membrane by a total of 350 cases over a five-year period in total, 157 type I tympanoplasty proce...

please cite this article as: ordobazari m, naqavi al-hosseini aa, zafarmand h. a novel approach for craniofacial symmetry evaluation: using the midsagittal reference line drawn from “crista gali” with nhp technique. novel biomed 2013;1(2):48-53. background and objective: the purpose of this study was the determination of midsagittal reference line (msl) for craniofacial asymmetry assessment by ...

Background: Rowing movements can be simulated using specialized ergometers; the method can be used both for training and indoor assessment of body movements within controlled conditions. Purpose: To perform a three-dimensional quantitative analysis of body movements during ergometer rowing, and to examine if there is a relationship between anthropometry and rowing kinematics. Study Design: Desc...

Male, 56, presenting with an ulceration on the right auricular concha for 45 days, with poor response to topical and systemic antibiotics, associated with otorrhea, hearing loss, otalgia and fever. Otoscopy revealed an ulcerated lesion in the auricle and edema of the EAC, preventing appropriate visibilization of the tympanic membrane. Computed tomography (CT) of the temporal bones (Fig. 1A) sho...

Over the past six years I have modified my approach to the ageing neck by directing my attention to resecting the redundant platysmal bands after strong superior traction of the body of the platysma muscle to the temporoparotid fascia (Loré’s fascia)() instead of suturing medial platysmal bands. This technique is a variation of Fogli’s initial description(); the main difference being that the e...

Forward head posture (FHP) is representative bad habit causing neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, dental occlusion, headache etc in modern society. Approaches to prevent FHP were researched by camera sensors such as Kinect and Webcam, which has cost and space limitation caused by installation of the sensors. To compensate the limitations, we proposed wearable device to put it behind user’s ea...

M oday, O cber 9, 2017 These models are rendered and imported into BlenderTM (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). They are then inverted along the vertical axis to create a working template of the contralateral ear. The depths of the scapha, triangular fossa and cymba are deepened to accentuate contours. Additional relief is added to the helical root for further definition. The final template is digit...

shiga toxins (stxs) are bacterial virulence factors produced by shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 and escherichia coli strains. stxs are critical factors for the development of diseases such as severe bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome. additionally, stxs trigger the secretion of pro- inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, particularly in monocytes or macrophages. the inflammatory cyto...