Introduction: Surgical and non-surgical facial procedures have gained immense popularity thanks to their aesthetic benefits. Understanding the vascularization of the face and assessing potential risks is crucial to ensure patient safety and optimal outcomes. This study aims to evaluate the utility of thermal scanning and Doppler ultrasonography in evaluating the vascular risk for facial procedures. Material and Methods: A cohort of 60 patients were included in this prospective study. Preoperative thermal scanning and Doppler ultrasonography were performed in order to visualize the facial vasculature and identify potential areas of risk. Results: For 30 patients, we performed preprocedural Doppler ultrasound imaging and thermal scanning at the injection site. Only 6.66% of them suffered vascular complications, whilst 23.33% among those who didn’t undergo ultrasound and thermoscanning suffered vascular injuries. The combined use of these tools proved to be valuable in assessing the vascular risk for facial procedures. The findings emphasize the importance of preoperative assessment to identify patients at risk for vascular complications. Conclusions: Thermal scanning and Doppler ultrasonography offer a comprehensive approach to assessing the vascular risk for facial procedures. By ensuring the identification of abnormal vascular patterns and altered blood flow dynamics, these techniques enhance patient safety and procedure planning.

Limb amputation has a severe somatic and psychological impact, that can furthermore have complications, which lead to increased morbidity, mortality, hospitalization days, health care costs, delay prosthetic application, and social reintegration. Proper therapeutic management must be initiated in cases with amputation stump complications to ensure the best result. This paper aims to present the therapeutic management of a patient with sepsis after above–the–knee amputation, performed after acute limb ischemia. The patient presented in our clinic 10 days postoperatively with local infection, wound dehiscence, and sepsis.

Hypospadias represents one of the most frequent con-genital anomalies, in 1 out of 300 male newborns, involving significant biological and socioeconomical implications. Furthermore, recent studies show an increase in its incidence, even after ajusting it according to race, geographic region or socioeconomical status[3]. The same pattern was recorded by the EUROCAT study group, which was monitoring the statistical and epidemiological data regarding the congenital anomalies in Europe. One prospective study, which evaluated the incidence of the hypospadias in Holland (0.7%), demonstrated that it is more frequent than congenital heart anomalies (0.5%), which are considered to be the most frequent ones by the EUROCAT study group[5]. [...]

Considering the unspecific signs and symptoms asso-ciated to ovarian tumors, a proper diagnostic procedure must be followed in order to establish the most suitable therapeutic approach. Furthermore, there is no correlation between the clinical presentation of the patient and the type of ovarian tumor which is causing it. Consequently, the imagistic examination of the patient is crucial in the diagnostic process, but it is not infallible. This study is attempting to emphasize the main differences between the imagistic features of the ovarian tumors compared to the ones discovered intraoperatively, as well as the associated conditions which could prevent getting a proper preoperative diagnosis. [...]

The studies concerning spontaneous pneumothorax in children offer a limited amount of information about the best approach with regard to the patients who require surgical treatment of this condition. The less severe forms respond to conservative treatment which consists of oxygen therapy and pain medication. If medical treatment does not alleviate the symptoms or if the pneumothorax persists, the patient requires chest tube drainage[4,5,6]. Surgical treatment is indicated when the pneumothorax reoccurs or if effective pleural drainage does not improve the condition of the patient[5,7]. [...]

Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS) is the most common surgical indication for children during the first six months of life[1]. In infants with HPS, the pyloric canal is elongated, its muscular walls severely thickened with an edematous mucosa. As a result, the pyloric relaxation is markedly restricted, causing upper digestive ob-struction[2]. [...]