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Introduction: Maxillary hypoplasia refers to undergrowth of the upper jaw and results in malocclusion of varying severity. While the prevalence of severe maxillary hypoplasia in the general population of the United States is 0.3%, the prevalence among patients with a cleft palat…

Obstetric fistula is among the public health issues that are preventable and treatable, as evidenced by its elimination in industrialized nations. The aim of this quantitative, cross-sectional study was to use Andersen’s behavioral model of health services utilization to examine…

Na reconstrução esofágica, em primeiro lugar, recorre-se à criação de um conduto a partir do estômago, contudo esta, nem sempre, é uma opção viável. A segunda opção mais utilizada é um segmento pediculado de cólon. No entanto, devido às características do cólon, esta reconstruçã…