Novel Bicomposite Flow-through Osteochondral Free Flap for Mandibular and Condylar Reconstruction.

Mandibular reconstruction in pediatric patients presents significant challenges due to anatomical complexity, functional demands, and considerations for future growth. This case report introduced a novel reconstructive technique, bicomposite flow-through osteochondral joint salvage therapy, applied in a 16-year-old boy undergoing hemimandibulectomy for odontogenic myxoma. The benign but locally aggressive tumor required resection while preserving the ipsilateral condyle.

Ad libitum dehydration is associated with poorer performance on a sustained attention task but not other measures of cognitive performance among middle-to-older aged community-dwelling adults: A short-term longitudinal study.

Objective: Hydration status and water intake are critical to physiological health. Despite a popular narrative that dehydration impairs cognitive performance, results are mixed in the literature. Therefore, we tested how hydration status was associated with cognitive performance in an ad libitum state over the course of 3 months.