Background & Aim: Various landmarks are discussed to find the facial nerve during parotid surgery. The surgeon should use existing landmarks for a safe surgical use. To evaluate two new landmarks in parotid surgery, this study was done. Methods & Materials/Patients: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 43 patients with parotid masses, whom were referred to Alzahra and Kashani tertiary...

Periauricular paresthesia may afflict patients for a significant amount of time after facelift surgery. When performing face and neck lift surgery, temple and posterior auricular flap dissection is undertaken directly over the auriculotemporal, great auricular, and lesser occipital nerve territory, leading to potential damage to the nerve. The auriculotemporal nerve remains under the thin outer...

OBJECTIVES To examine the effects of an auricular prosthesis on sound levels at the entrance of the ear canal by measuring the auricular prosthesis transfer function (APTF) and to determine the effect of the prosthesis on speech recognition in noisy hearing conditions. METHODS Eight prostheses were used to measure the APTF. A microphone at the entrance of the ear canal measured sound pressure...

OBJECTIVE To describe the novel use of a delayed chondrofascial flap to increase auricular projection in microtia reconstruction. METHODS Retrospective survey analysis. Ten consecutive children with unilateral microtia without other craniofacial abnormalities were followed up for a period ranging from 6 months to 5 years after microtia reconstruction was performed with the newly described del...

The 18S rDNA sequences of the six most common European Lymnaeidae species (Mollusca:Gastropoda:Basommatophora) have been obtained by direct PCR cycle sequencing and silver staining methods. The sequence alignment and secondary structures of the 18S rRNA gene of Lymnaea stagnalis, L. auricularia, L. peregra, L. palustris, L. glabra, and L. truncatula are analyzed. This gene proves to be a good m...

bone has a capability to repair itself when it is fractured. repair involves the generation of intermediatetissues, such as fibrous connective tissue, cartilage and woven bone, before final bone healing can occur. theprocess of cartilage-to-bone transition (cbt) is a key for the achievement of rigid bone healing duringfracture repair. we tested this potential for elastic cartilage using a long ...

METHODS: Patients with unilateral microtia, who underwent auricular reconstruction with MEDPOR® implant, were enrolled. Three-dimensional image of the patient’s head was captured by the 3dMDcranial® and virtual sculpture carried out using the Geomagic® Freeform® software and TouchTM X Haptic device for fabrication of the auricular template. Each template was tailored according to the patient’s ...

The pathogenicity of Diplostomum cercariae shed from two different snail species (Lymnaea. stagnalis and Radix auricularia) to rainbow trout fry (5-6 cm body length) was investigated. Thus, 1000 cercariae per fish elicited 100 % mortality within 24 h. Cercariae shed from L. stagnalis (Diplostomum pseudospathaceum) elicited higher mortality in rainbow trout compared to cercariae (Diplostomum par...