Risk Factors Associated with Sarcopenia Among Independently Mobile, Institutionalised Older People in the Klang Valley of Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Studies on sarcopenia among Malaysian older people (OP ≥ 60 years of age) living in the community but not in long-term care (LTC) homes have been reported previously. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of sarcopenia and its risk factors in OP in Malaysian LTC homes.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 202 independently mobile OP (males 32%) in seven LTC homes in the Klang Valley of Malaysia.

Classifying mild traumatic brain injuries with functional network analysis.

Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) represents a critical health problem of which timely diagnosis and treatment remain challenging. TBI is a result of an external force damaging brain tissue, accompanied by delayed pathogenic events which aggravate the injury. Molecular responses to different mild TBI subtypes have not been well characterized.

Transoral removal of peripheral osteoma at sigmoid notch of the mandible.

Osteoma is a benign osteogenic slow-growing tumor. Though mandible is involved more often than the maxilla only one other case of osteoma sigmoid notch has been mentioned in the English literature till date. Cosmesis and function are the main reasons that dictate the removal of the osteomas, so we preferred to use an intra oral approach to better prevent the scar and achieve good patient acceptance.

Dentigerous cyst of maxilla in a young child.

Dentigerous cysts are the most common odontogenic and developmental cysts arising in the jaws. In this article, we report a rare case of dentigerous cyst arising from an unerupted canine which had invaded a part of the maxilla in a 6-year-old child. The clinical features, radiographic presentation, and the treatment modality are described.

Trigeminal neuralgia secondary to posterior fossa tumor.

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is by no means an uncommon entity presenting as typical or atypical pain syndrome with a standard treatment protocol consisting of medical and surgical therapies. The diagnosis of TN is mainly dependent on the characteristics of symptoms conveyed by the patient and the clinical presentation. Careful history taking, proper interpretation of the signs and symptoms and cranial nerve assessment are necessary for proper diagnosis.