INTRODUCTION Penile prosthesis implantation is one of the treatment choices that is kept for patients who were not satisfied with other treatments. Although penile prosthesis satisfaction rates are higher, there are some dissatisfied patients. The patients’ reasons are mostly shortness and softness of implanted prosthesis. It was previously demonstrated that penile axial rigidity of more than 5...

Foreign body aspiration is a serious problem that may lead to complications or even death. People who sustain major maxillofacial trauma can often damage their teeth or oral prostheses, and aspiration can occur. Detection of this type of aspiration can be difficult, especially in elderly people wearing dental appliances, since many dental prostheses are not radiopaque and the aspiration is not ...

Rehabilitation of patients having deep bite are restored either with tooth supported fixed prosthesis, implants prosthesis or by a combination both. Implant retained bridges range from limited span to complete arch for dentulous and edentulous jaws. The desire achieve expected results has in the long-run involved several issues concerning materials, techniques anchorages used. In respect types ...

Recently, bioethicists and the UNCRPD have advocated for supported medical decision-making on behalf of patients with intellectual disabilities. But what does really entail? One compelling framework is Anita Silvers Leslie Francis’ mental prosthesis account, which envisions as a process in trustees act mere appendages patient’s will; trustee provides cognitive tools patient requires to realize ...

This study was undertaken to design an updated connection system for an eyeglass-supported nasal prosthesis using rapid prototyping techniques. The substructure was developed with two main endpoints in mind: the connection to the silicone and the connection to the eyeglasses. The mold design was also updated; the mold was composed of various parts, each carefully designed to allow for easy rele...

In this study a questionnaire survey was prepared and distributed to patients who had been fitted with a facial prosthesis at least 5 years earlier, with the aim of: 1) reviewing the implants statistically, and 2) examining psychological changes before and after the use of an implant-supported prosthesis. Twelve patients had been fitted with implant-supported prostheses that had a survival rate...

We retrospectively evaluated the results of 61 patients (67 hips) who underwent total hip arthroplasty using the thrust plate prosthesis (TPP) for osteoarthritis of the hip joint. All patients were followed-up at least two years (mean: 37.2 months). Mean preoperative Harris hip score improved from 45.8 (SD: 13.5) to 94.9 (SD: 5.4) points postoperatively. Revision was performed in five cases. Me...

We report a case of a 65-year-old man with a painful nonunion of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ). It is one of the main severe complications of this surgery. Its prevalence is described between 5% and 10% across different operative techniques. The implantation of hemicup-prosthesis has been successfully used for the hallux rigidus treatment with very promising results. In our case re...