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J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2022 Jun 3. Epub 2022 Jun 3.

Clinical Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Private Practice, Brockton Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Inc.; Attending, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton, MA; Visiting Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University, School of Dentistry, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Purpose: The decision to perform a partial or total parotidectomy in localized high-grade parotid cancer is often a matter of debate in the absence of a deep lobe disease. The purpose of this study was to compare survival between patients submitted to partial and total parotidectomy for early-stage parotid adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC).

Patients And Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database from 2004 through 2017. Read More

Neuroimage Clin 2022 Jun 21;35:103093. Epub 2022 Jun 21.

Functional Imaging Unit, Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University of Greifswald, Germany.

Sensorimotor representations of swallowing in pre- and postcentral gyri of both cerebral hemispheres are interconnected by callosal tracts. We were interested in (1) the callosal location of fibers interconnecting the precentral gyri (with the primary motor cortex; M1) and the postcentral gyri (with the primary somatosensory cortex; S1) relevant for swallowing, and (2) the importance of their integrity given the challenges of swallowing compliance after recovery of dysphagia following stroke. We investigated 17 patients who had almost recovered from dysphagia in the chronic stage following stroke and age-matched and gender-matched healthy controls. Read More

N Z Med J 2022 Jul 1;135(1557):76-87. Epub 2022 Jul 1.

Professor of Oral Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Aims: Fractures to the maxillofacial region can have a serious impact on quality of life. The over-representation of males in the occurrence of almost all types and mechanisms of these injuries has tended to divert attention away from maxillofacial fractures in females. This study aimed to describe trends in maxillofacial trauma in a New Zealand tertiary trauma centre over a 12 year period, with a particular focus on gender differences. Read More

JMIR Form Res 2022 Jun 30;6(6):e33813. Epub 2022 Jun 30.

Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede, Netherlands.

Background: In face-to-face therapy for eating disorders, therapeutic alliance (TA) is an important predictor of symptom reduction and treatment completion. To date, however, little is known about TA during web-based cognitive behavioral therapy (web-CBT) and its association with symptom reduction, treatment completion, and the perspectives of patients versus therapists.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate TA ratings measured at interim and after treatment, separately for patients and therapists; the degree of agreement between therapists and patients (treatment completers and noncompleters) for TA ratings; and associations between patient and therapist TA ratings and both eating disorder pathology and treatment completion. Read More

Methods Mol Biol 2022 ;2497:221-242

Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.

Numerous diseases in humans have been associated with mutations of the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA). This genome encodes 13 protein subunits of complexes involved in oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), a process that provides aerobic eukaryotes with the energy-rich adenosine triphosphate molecule (ATP). Mutations of the mtDNA may therefore have dramatic consequences especially in tissues and organs with high energy demand. Read More