1.From the MJM Editors’ Desk: Common errors authors make in submission to the Medical Journal of Malaysia
Lekhraj Rampal ; Liew Boon Seng ; Pakeer Oothuman ; Philip Rajan ; Sherina Mohd Sidik ; Victor Chee Wai ; Baharudin Abdullah
The Medical Journal of Malaysia 2020;75(4):324-
Proper understanding the ‘Instructions to authors’ for a
particular journal is the key towards successful submission of a
manuscript which will lead to it being published. Common
errors that are frequently made by authors in their submission
to the Malaysia Journal of Malaysia (MJM) that lead to
rejection of their submission or requiring major revisions or
minor revisions are listed and discussed in this article. Outright
rejection prior to even a peer review process may be made for
an article due to: it is poorly written or when there is suspicion
on the authenticity of the submission, which contains elements
that are suspected to be plagiarised, it is a duplicate submission
or not in the format required by the MJM. The editor in
charge of the issue makes a recommendation to the Editor in
Chief for the final decision.
2. The growth of ear of paediatric subjects in Hong Kong—A timely reconstruction for unilateral microtia
Osan Y.M. HO ; Peter K.M. KU ; Victor ABDULLAH ; Michael C.F. TONG
Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery 2020;36(1):76-79
Objective:
To establish the local data on the growth of ear in Hong Kong children and provide a reference for the timing of reconstruction in unilateral microtia.
Methods:
We reviewed case notes of paediatric patients up to 18 years of age who had attended our Ear, Nose and Throat Out-patient Clinic from March to November 2017. We recorded the pinna length of these patients and that of their parents, compared the patients’ ear length against that of their parents, and investigated any discrepancy of pinna.
Results:
We recruited 226 local individuals (139 males and 87 females). The patients were divided into different age groups. The means of ear length of patients were compared with the mean length of pinna of their parents. Data of boys and girls are analyzed separately. Boys at 7-8 years old achieved 87.33% and 93.54% of their fathers’ and mothers’ ear length respectively. Girls at 7-8 years old achieved 83.00% and 90.80% of their fathers’ and mothers’ ear length respectively. Moreover, the average ratio of the length of left and right ear ratio is 97.3% in all groups of children.
Conclusions
In Hong Kong children, at the age of 7-8 the ear approaches the size of normal adult ear and is the feasible age with less asymmetry after reconstruction of the microtia.