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Using a customizable L stent for laryngotracheal stenosis: Patterns of success and failure

World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Background A recent innovation in the management of tracheostomy‐dependent patients with laryngotracheal stenosis (LTS) has been the customizable laryngotracheal stent, made by dividing a T‐tube in half (“L stent”).
Nicolas J. Casellas, Eytan Keidar, Mursalin M. Anis, David E. Rosow   +3 more
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Awake Percutaneous Cervical Cordotomy in Patients With Cancer: A Technical Report. [PDF]

Pain Pract
ABSTRACT Background Percutaneous cervical cordotomy (PCC) is a minimally invasive radiofrequency procedure for intractable unilateral cancer pain. Commonly performed under conscious sedation, awake PCC enables real‐time patient feedback, potentially improving targeting precision and expanding eligibility for patients in whom sedation poses risks ...
Pradhana AP, Timmerman H, Klarenbeek EJM, Verstraaten ML, Stellema R, Reyners AKL, Wolff AP.   +6 more
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Efficacy and influencing factors of selective dorsal rhizotomy for the treatment of spastic cerebral palsy in children

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2023
Objective To analyze clinical efficacy and influencing factors of selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) for treatment of spastic cerebral palsy (SCP) in children.
WEI Min, JIANG Wen-bin, ZHAN Qi-jia, LI Sen, LIU Chen, XIAO Bo   +5 more
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Research progress on selective dorsal rhizotomy and related techniques in the treatment of lower limb spasm

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2023
Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is an effective method for the treatment of lower limb spasm, especially the advancement of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring technology, which can make surgery more and more minimally invasive and accurate ...
PU Ke, LIU Xin, HAN Guo⁃qing, YIN Miao⁃miao, LI Qing⁃guo   +4 more
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Clinical characteristics and outcome of surgical treatment in children with tethered fatty filum or lipoma of filum at different ages

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2023
Objective To evaluate the outcome of surgical treatment of tethered cord syndrome (TCS) in children with fatty filum or lipoma of filum at different ages and to explore the natural course and therapeutic strategy of this type of TCS.
XU Chen, ZHANG Yi, WANG Min, ZHAO Rui, SHI Wei, LI Hao   +5 more
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History of Spinal Cord “Pain” Pathways Including the Pathways Not Taken

Frontiers in Pain Research, 2022
Traditional medical neuroanatomy/neurobiology textbooks teach that pain is generated by several ascending pathways that course in the anterolateral quadrant of the spinal cord, including the spinothalamic, spinoreticular and spinoparabrachial tracts. The
Allan Basbaum
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Neurosurgical management for chronic and end-of-life pain in children: A systematic review. [PDF]

Pain Pract
Abstract Introduction Chronic and end‐of‐life pain in children is underreported and undermanaged. Current guidelines for pediatric chronic pain include medical and interventional modalities; however, the inclusion of neurosurgical treatments is uncommon and inconsistent. This systematic review presents the literature, and we provide recommendations for
Abdelmageed S, Villalba N, Bae G, Mossner JM, Adelhoefer SJ, Aravagiri K, Shah RD, Raskin JS.   +7 more
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Clinical Efficacy Analysis of Unilateral Modified Arytenoidectomy for Bilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis. [PDF]

World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg
ABSTRACT Purpose To explore the clinical efficacy of unilateral modified arytenoidectomy (UMA) in the treatment of bilateral vocal fold paralysis(BVFP) based on animal models. Methods The UMA which had been tested in excised canine larynges with simulated BVFP was adapted into a clinical technique. The characteristics of this surgical technique involve
Xing L, Zeng SY, Zhuang PY.
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OPEN ANTERIOR CORDOTOMY AS A POSSIBLE TECHNIQUE FOR PAIN RELIEF IN CANCER PATIENT: AN EXPERIENCE WITH SEVEN CASES [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 1996
Seven patients who had intractable pain of the pelvis and lower extremities were scheduled for cordotomy of the spinothalamic tracts after preliminary investigations.
Sheikhrezai, A., Tabatabai, A Hussain Khan, Z.   +4 more
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Our Experience with Kashimas Procedure for Bilateral Abductor Vocal Cord Palsy [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2020
Introduction: Kashima operation, also known as endoscopic laser cordotomy is used for the treatment of bilateral abductor vocal cord palsy where the glottis chink is made posteriorly, sufficient enough for patient to breathe comfortably without any ...
Tabish Maqbool, Rauf Ahmed, Ihsan Ali
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