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Background: The World Health Organization ranked migraine as the 19th worldwide disease causing disability. Recent insights into the pathogenesis of migraine headache substantiate a neuronal hyperexcitability and inflammation involving compressed peripheral craniofacial nerves, and these trigger points can be eliminated by surgery. In this...

BACKGR OUND: Following the pioneering work of Guyuron et al. in 2001, an impressive body of literature demonstrated that the inflammation of peripheral nerves caused by chronic compression from surrounding structures (e.g., muscles, blood vessels) might trigger migraines. In this study, we report our experience with a minimally invasive...

Eccrine porocarcinoma is a rare skin cancer that originates from the acrosyringium of eccrine sweat glands. From the clinical point of view the differential diagnosis with other skin cancers such as basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma it is often impossible, only the histopathologic features can lead to the definitive diagnosis....

Facial aging is a complex process and often poses a challenge for plastic and aesthetic surgeons. Injectable fillers and autologous adipose tissue are widely used for the restoration of soft tissue volume. However, lipotransfer currently lacks standardization and its unpredictable reabsorption rate remains an unresolved issue. Adipose-derived...

The umbilicus is a unique physiologic scar of human life resulting from the healing process of the cut umbilical cord at birth. Its absence leads to an unnatural abdominal appearance, and an abnormally shaped or misplaced umbilicus may draw undue attention to the central abdomen. Loss of the umbilicus can be an embarrassing deformity; this...

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