Background: Craniofacial anomalies present a challenge to all health care practitioners since they necessitate long-term team follow-up, which is difficult achieve outside of major center where craniofacial teams normally collaborate. Objectives: The current review with an illustrative case focuses on the representation and Crouzon syndrome its maxillofacial implications. Review different varie...

Objective The measurement of follicular output rate (FORT) has been proposed as a good indicator for evaluating follicular response to the exogenous recombinant folliclestimulating hormone (rFSH). This places FORT as a promising qualitative marker for ovarian function. The objective of the study was to determine FORT as a predictor of oocyte competence, embryo quality and clinical pregnancy aft...

Vertical ‘down grafting’ of the maxilla is routinely performed using orthotopic bone graft or heterotopic donor bone products. It is well documented that with this approach, bone grafting does not always result in a favorable stable outcome as relapse commences before complete integration of the graft. We wish to highlight the ‘down sliding’ osteotomy, first described by Reynekein 1985, whi...

[Editorial note: The famous French microbiologist and chemist, Louis Pasteur, pioneered the use of bacterial vaccines for prevention of infectious diseases in animals and humans. One of his early successes was in the development of a vaccine for the agriculturally important disease anthrax, a vaccine that is still in use today for animals worldwide and humans in some countries. He demonstrated ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Hip dysplasia can be treated with periacetabular osteotomy (PAO). We compared joint angles and joint moments during walking and running in young adults with hip dysplasia prior to and 6 and 12 months after PAO with those in healthy controls. PATIENTS AND METHODS Joint kinematics and kinetics were recorded using a 3-D motion capture system. The pre- and postoperative gai...

PURPOSE To compare the results of Salter innominate osteotomy (SIO) for treatment of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) in children. METHODS Between 1994 and 2002, 53 girls and 8 boys with DDH underwent open reduction and SIO; 21 were on the left side, 22 on the right side, 18 bilateral. They were divided into 2 groups: group 1 included 35 patients aged younger than 3 years (46 hips) an...