Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4193.1510073
Secondary Rhinoplasty Using Autologous Rib Cartilage: A Review
Guillermo Navarro Santos, Sylvia Elizabeth Villarreal Navarro, Arturo Alanís Ibarra, Sergio Andrés de Lara Ovalle, Adriana Miroslava Pérez Peña and Esaú Floriano Sánchez
Article Type: REVIEW Article | First Published: March 16, 2020
Rhinoplasty is one of the most complex procedures in the cosmetic surgery field. Satisfactory long-term results rely on using grafts with enough strength for adequate support and low resorption rates. Grafts in septorhinoplasty can be obtained from autologous, homologous and alloplastic materials. Autologous rib cartilage is the graft material of choice for secondary rhinoplasty when enough septal cartilage is not available....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-3243.1510075
Unique Case of 32-Year-Old Male Presenting with Angiolipoma of an ACL Hamstrings Autograft
Amanda Purcell, Alesia Voice, Katerina Kellar and Mimi Zumwalt
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 03, 2020
Angiolipoma is a histological variant of the more common lipoma that may occur superficially throughout the body. After review of recent literature, different cases of angiolipomas were reported within various areas, more so in the upper extremity and truncal regions. Our clinical case demonstrates an extremely rare presentation of a non-infiltrating angiolipoma lesion growing within a hamstrings autograft after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. There have been a few prior reports...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3658/1510114
MMR Vaccine Adverse Drug Reactions Reports in the CDC WONDER System, 1989-2019
Guillermo Rodriguez-Nava, MD, Maria Adriana Yanez-Bello, MD and Danieal Patricia Trelles-Garcia, MD
Article Type: Brief Report | First Published: March 14, 2020
We retrieved data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) database, a national post-licensure vaccine safety surveillance system, through the CDC WONDER interface for reports of children aged 12 months to 6 years vaccinated with the MMR vaccine in the U.S. between January 1, 1989 and January 1, 2019. Specific ADRs evaluated in this analysis included anaphylaxis, febrile seizures, encephalitis, and orchitis. Disproportionate reporting of ADRs was assessed using proportional report...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-1353/1510112
Current Surgical Options for Primary Site in De Novo Metastatic Breast Cancer
Kulsoom Junejo, FRCS, FACS, FCPS, EBSQ-Breast and M Zafar Chawdhery, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Ed), LLB (Hons)
Article Type: Mini Review | First Published: March 13, 2020
Cancer is a major public health problem worldwide that has now become the leading cause of death among adults aged 35-70 years causing twice as many deaths as cardiovascular disease. The incidence burden and mortality closely correlates with sociodemographic indices (SDI) levels and is highest in countries with higher SDI levels. Globally breast cancer remains the commonest type of cancer in women with an estimated 2.4 million new cases diagnosed per year, causing 523,000 deaths in women worldwi...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-1353/1510111
Maternal Mortality in Tajikistan: Successes and Challenges
Dilofarid Miskinzod
Article Type: Original Research | First Published: March 06, 2020
This qualitative study was conducted with 16 health care providers working in different layers of maternal health care system in two purposefully selected research settings, Khorog town and Dushanbe, which have different social, economic and ethnic backgrounds in 2018. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted to gather the data. Duration of interviews ranged from 30-60 min. NVivo software for qualitative research was used to analyze the results....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4045.1510048
Is Pregnancy Safe for Kidney Transplant Recipients With Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) İnfection? An Updated Review
Ethem Unal, Abdullah Yildiz, Sema Yuksekdag, Aysun Firat and Nevin Yilmaz
Article Type: Mini Review | First Published: March 19, 2020
Ovarian function with regular menstrual cycles is usually restored in women of reproductive age after solid organ transplantation. The number of pregnancies reported in these patients increases gradually. Pregnancy is always considered high risk, and if not properly planned, may lead to serious complications. The best for the patient is to conceive in a period of good general health and good stable graft function, after appropriate preparation. However, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection will be ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4045.1510047
Candida Retinitis in a Liver Transplantation Recipient
Kose A
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: March 13, 2020
A 52-year-old male patient had been undergone right lobe LT from a living donor. He had diabetes mellitus and underwent serial erythrocyte and thrombocyte transfusions, the score of models for end-stage liver disease (MELD) was 23. On the 14th day, biliary leakage and infected bilioma determined in multislice abdominal tomography. On the 25th day, sepsis symptoms such as fever, tachycardia and hypotension developed. Leukocytosis, elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin were also pres...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4045.1510046
Dual Induction Therapy after Pediatric Kidney Transplantation in a Multiracial Cohort: A Single Center Experience
Mariselis Rosa Sanchez, MD, Marissa J Defreitas, MD, Chryso P Katsoufis, MD, Wacharee Seeherunvong, MD, Linda Chen, MD, Carolyn L Abitbol, MD, George W Burke III, MD, Gaetano Ciancio, MD and Jayanthi J Chandar, MD
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: March 02, 2020
Induction antibody immunosuppressive protocols in children have been extrapolated from experience gained primarily from kidney transplantation in adults and are center- specific. There is a paucity of information on the clinical and immunological effects of these protocols in children. Retrospective chart review was performed in all pediatric kidney transplant recipients less than 21 years of age at the Miami Transplant Institute during the period of January 2012 to June 2015. Relevant demograph...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-570X/1410066
Clinical Relevance of RNA Editing to Early Detection of Cancer in Human
Mujib Ullah and Asma Akbar
Article Type: Editorial | First Published: March 14, 2020
DNA encodes RNA and is responsible for protein production in cells. RNA editing is the process by which genetic information is altered in the RNA molecule. RNA editing in cancer initiation, progression and development has been well documented and play an important role in tumorigenesis. Studying RNA editing and its application to change genetic information after transcription, RNA-editing technology could be an important innovation in cancer and has the potential for more effective precision tre...