Actuación de la enfermera en la cordotomía cervical transcutánea para control del dolor oncológico [PDF]
, 2003 Oncological pain is usually progressive and enabling. One third of the patients under treatment and two thirds of the patients with advanced cancer refer to pain. Generally treatment starts with non-opioids analgesic medicines and other drugs, passing to
Iksilara, Maria Cecília
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Expression of Hyaluronidase-4 in a Rat Spinal Cord Hemisection Model [PDF]
Asian Spine Journal, 2015 Study DesignExamination of hyaluronidase-4 (Hyal-4) expression in a rat spinal cord hemisection model.PurposeTo determine the status of Hyal-4 expression after hemisection of the spinal cord, and the relationship between its expression and that of ...
Yoshiyuki Tachi +5 more
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Neurosurgical Treatment of Pain
Brain Sciences, 2022 The aim of this review is to draw attention to neurosurgical approaches for treating chronic and opioid-resistant pain. In a first chapter, an up-to-date overview of the main pathophysiological mechanisms of pain has been carried out, with special ...
Rafael G. Sola, Paloma Pulido
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Surgical management of calcium hydroxyapatite in the superficial lamina propria of the vocal fold
Otolaryngology Case Reports, 2021 Objectives: To describe surgical management of calcium hydroxylapatite (CaHA) inappropriately located within the superficial lamina propria (SLP) in patients undergoing injection laryngoplasty (IL) for unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP).
Kenneth Yan, MD, PhD +1 more
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Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2013 Objective:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of unilateral transverse posterior cordotomy on the quality of life of patients with bilateral vocal fold paralysis.Methods:This study included 19 patients with bilateral vocal fold paralysis ...
Fatih Çelenk +5 more
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Feasibility of vocal fold abduction and adduction assessment using cine-MRI [PDF]
, 2017 OBJECTIVE: Determine feasibility of vocal fold (VF) abduction and adduction assessment by cine magnetic resonance imaging (cine-MRI) METHODS: Cine-MRI of the VF was performed on five healthy and nine unilateral VF paralysis (UVFP) participants using an ...
Atkinson, D +10 more
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Definitive hypofractionated radiotherapy for early glottic carcinoma: experience of 55Gy in 20 fractions [PDF]
, 2015 Introduction: A wide variety of fractionation schedules have been employed for the treatment of early glottic cancer. The aim is to report our 10-year experience of using hypofractionated radiotherapy with 55Gy in 20 fractions at 2.75Gy per fraction ...
A Hartley +36 more
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Treatment of bilateral vocal cord paralysis following permanent recurrent laryngeal nerve injury [PDF]
, 2012 Bilateral vocal cord paralysis is a serious illness requiring emergency intervention to resolve the potentially life-threatening respiratory distress. Several surgical procedures were proposed to help improve the airway and to eliminate the tracheostoma ...
DISPENZA, Carlo +4 more
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Functional outcomes after transoral CO2 laser treatment for posterior glottic stenosis: a bicentric case series [PDF]
, 2022 Purpose The aim of this study is to evaluate functional outcomes in terms of decannulation rate and quality of life of patients affected by PGS (Grades I-IV) treated only by transoral CO2 laser microsurgery (TOLMS) in two tertiary centers.
Carta, Filippo +7 more
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Laser-assisted posterior cordotomy for bilateral vocal fold paralysis: Our experience
Journal of Head & Neck Physicians and Surgeons, 2016 Introduction: Bilateral vocal fold paralysis (BVFP) is a relatively uncommon cause of respiratory distress. The goals of surgical treatment are an improvement in airway size by enlarging the glottis, thus, eliminating the need for tracheostomy, while at ...
Nitish Virmani, Jyoti Dabholkar
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