Does Pterygoid Hamulotomy During Palatoplasty Affect Hearing Outcomes in Nonsyndromic Cleft Palate Patients?

Background: Cleft palate repair aims to achieve tension-free closure without compromising Eustachian tube function and hearing outcomes. The effect of pterygoid hamulotomy on postoperative hearing remains inconclusive.

Purpose: This study evaluated the effect of pterygoid hamulotomy during palatoplasty on hearing thresholds and middle ear status in nonsyndromic cleft palate patients.

Citation integrity in the age of AI: evaluating the risks of reference hallucination in maxillofacial literature.

The increasing adoption of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT in academic writing has introduced both opportunities and risks. While these tools enhance productivity and accessibility, their reliability in generating accurate references remains uncertain. This short communication highlights the growing concern of 'reference hallucination', where AI-generated citations appear legitimate but are fabricated or contain significant metadata errors.

High dependency renal unit for the management of COVID-19 in patients with severe acute or chronic kidney disease.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients with severe impairment of kidney function is associated with high mortality. We evaluated the effect of high dependency renal unit (HDRU), with nephrologists as primary care physicians, as a quality improvement initiative for the management of these patients. This was a quasi-experimental observational study conducted at a tertiary care hospital in western India.

Prior testosterone replacement therapy may impact spermatogenic response to combined gonadotropin therapy in severe congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.

Objective: To study the effect of prior testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) on the spermatogenic response to combined gonadotropin therapy (CGT) in severe and partial phenotype congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (CHH) patients.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Tertiary care center.

Association of Thrombophilic Factors in Pathogenesis of Osteonecrosis of Femoral Head in Indian Population.

Purpose: Role of heritable blood clotting disorders, both thrombophilias and hypofibrinolysis in causing avascular necrosis (AVN) of femoral head have been studied in regions like Europe and U.S.A.