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Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2022 Sep 31;27:101667. Epub 2022 Jul 31.

Department of Ophthalmology, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Purpose: The reconstruction of near-total upper eyelid defects is challenging and complicated. There are multiple possible techniques, including multi-stage lower eyelid flaps (such as Mustarde's lid-switch flap and the Cutler-Beard techniques) as well as single-stage techniques with free grafts. Here we present two patients requiring near-total upper eyelid repairs that were accomplished by a single-eyelid, single-stage technique using a tarsoconjunctival flap. Read More

Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2022 Jul 29;10(7):e4427. Epub 2022 Jul 29.

Division of Ophthalmology, UCLA School of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, Calif.

The elegance of retrospective analysis of crease construction based on the levels of attachment is that it may be used to correlate a crease's construction method with an outcome of crease depth based on medical record review. It expands on the current knowledge beyond simply describing a crease as being superficial or deep, and is useful for objective analysis of a technique's merit. Read More

Biol Lett 2022 08 3;18(8):20220106. Epub 2022 Aug 3.

School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK.

Carnivorous pitcher plants capture insects in cup-shaped leaves that function as motionless pitfall traps. evolved a unique 'springboard' trapping mechanism that exploits the impact energy of falling raindrops to actuate a fast pivoting motion of the canopy-like pitcher lid. We superimposed multiple computed micro-tomography images of the same pitcher to reveal distinct deformation patterns in lid-trapping and closely related pitfall-trapping . Read More

J Med Case Rep 2022 Aug 3;16(1):297. Epub 2022 Aug 3.

Mediterranean Diabetes and Obesity Clinics (MEDOC), Athens, Santorini, Greece.

Background: Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults is an infrequent form of autoimmune diabetes mellitus, while Hashimoto's thyroiditis, the most common thyroid disease in adults, rarely manifests as thyrotoxicosis. The concurrent initial presentation of these two autoimmune disorders is extremely rare.

Case Presentation: A 29-year-old male of Albanian descent presented after being hospitalized owing to diabetic ketoacidosis. Read More

J Craniofac Surg 2022 Jul 28. Epub 2022 Jul 28.

Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei.

Background: "Double eyelid" blepharoplasty is one of the most common cosmetic operations among Asian populations. Some patients might present with concomitant mild to moderate blepharoptosis, even though they choose initially to undergo blepharoplasty for cosmetic reasons.

Objective: Using nonincisional double eyelid surgery without ptosis correction tends to produce unsatisfactory results. Read More