The incidence of Head and Neck Juxtacortical Chondrosarcoma (HNJCS) is extremely rare. Among a large database, the authors could identify only nine cases of HNJCS that have been amply described. It has been observed that irrespective of the location of the body, HNJCS has a consistent clinical and diagnostic profile. HNJCS is generally a low or intermediate grade malignancy with a low rate of recurrence and metastases. Primary surgical excision with negative margins was found to be the therapeutic modality of choice.  Radiotherapy and chemotherapy have limited roles in the management of HNJCS.

In this article, the author reviews the manifestations, diagnosis, and treatments of LPR and suggests adopting a multidisciplinary approach for a reliable and conclusive diagnosis of LPR. Based on the previous research and latest findings, an algorithm is put forth to streamline the assessment and management of reflux disorders. Highlighting the significance of correct diagnosis and effective treatment of LPR, the author suggests that in case the diagnosis is doubtful, and the therapeutic response is unsatisfactory, the patient should be referred to a specialist.

Based on the comparison between the hematology and cytology, the authors concluded that by improving the skills of the technologists of the hematology laboratory in identifying cell morphology, the diagnostic values in body fluid malignancy could be improved, and the hematology laboratory would achieve comparable competency similar to the cytology laboratory.

Procedure-related miscarriage is the most crucial complication of the prenatal invasive tests which are being used for the diagnosis of fetal aneuploidies. Even though several risk factors like operator experience, gestational age, sampling route, and the number of tapping have been suggested for the procedure-related miscarriage, the cause of this complication remains unknown. The results of the study confirmed that the cervical lengths in the patients complicated with miscarriages were within normal limits.

The brain can process information, store them, and retrieve them as and when required; however, we hardly know much about the physiological mechanisms behind such fundamental functions of the brain. The efforts by psychologists, scientists, engineers, physicists, and mathematicians over the past decades have given some significant insight on the brain functions and have been helpful for carrying out further research on the subject.

It is our pleasure to invite Prof. Zeng-Tao Wang (王增涛) to be Editor-in-Chief in International Microsurgery Journal!

It is our pleasure to invite Prof. Isao Koushima to be Editor-in-Chief in International Microsurgery Journal!

A study determines how skin has an innate ability to protect us from skin cancer. The next stage for this exciting finding will be to turn it into human clinical trials.

Dr. Grossan is an expert in bio-feedback and teaches his patients his action program which includes using a mirror as a bio-feedback mechanism.

Prof. Holger Sudhoff is the Chairman of Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Bielefeld Academic Teaching Hospital, Muenster University, Germany.