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Hyperekplexia relieved by surgical decompression of the cervicomedullary region

Neurosurgery, 1983
Abstract Hyperekplexia in an 8-year-old boy with myelodysplasia was greatly improved by surgical decompression of the cervicomedullary region. The possible implications for treatment and for understanding the cause of this syndrome are discussed.
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Surgical Decompression of Branch Retinal Vein Occlusions

Archives of Ophthalmology, 1988
Many patients with branch retinal vein occlusions can develop significant long-term diminution of vision due to such complications as macular edema, retinal neovascularization, and vitreous hemorrhage. One of us (S.C.) developed a new surgical procedure that involves sectioning or decompression of the common sheath connecting the artery and vein at the
M D, Osterloh, S, Charles
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Surgical decompression for notalgia paresthetica: A case report

Microsurgery, 2009
AbstractNotalgia paresthetica is a rare nerve compression. From the Greek word noton, meaning “back,” and algia, meaning “pain,” “notalgia paresthetica” implies that symptoms of burning pain, itching, and/or numbness in the localized region between the spinous processes of T2 through T6 and the medial border of the scapula constitute a nerve ...
Eric H, Williams, Gedge D, Rosson, Ibrahim, Elsamanoudi, A Lee, Dellon   +3 more
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Early surgical decompression in the management of electrical injuries

The American Journal of Surgery, 1982
Abstract Eighty patients with electrical injuries admitted to the University of Utah Intermountain Burn Center in the last 5.5 years were reviewed. Early surgical decompression with fasciotomy and sequential wound debridement appear to result in a low amputation rate and conservation of limb length.
C J, Holliman, J R, Saffle, M, Kravitz, G D, Warden   +3 more
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Surgical shunts and tips for variceal decompression in the 1990s

Surgery, 2000
In the 1990s, liver transplantations and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) have become the most common methods to decompress portal hypertension. This center has continued to use surgical shunts for variceal bleeding in good-risk patients who continue to bleed through endoscopic and pharmacologic treatment. This article reports this
J M, Henderson, A, Nagle, S, Curtas, M, Geisinger, D, Barnes   +4 more
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Surgical results of orbital decompression for malignant exophthalmos

The Laryngoscope, 1974
AbstractDuring the past 75 years, several procedures for surgical correction of malignant exophthalmos have been described. In 1948, Ogura and Walsh first employed the transantral approach for decompression of the orbital contents into the ethmoid and maxillary sinuses.
J H, Ogura, F E, Lucente
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SURGICAL DECOMPRESSION OF THE BOWEL IN PERITONITIS.

California medicine, 2008
In some circumstances peritoneal infection causes distention and crowding of the bowel to such an extent that the effect is that of intestinal obstruction and it is impossible to introduce a tube far enough by physiologic routes to bring about deflation.
A, May, G F, Norman
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SURGICAL DECOMPRESSION OF MALIGNANT EXOPHTHALMOS

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1950
MALIGNANT exophthalmos1is a clinical entity distinct from exophthalmos as generally seen accompanying thyrotoxicosis. These conditions may be closely related etiologically2; yet the diverse clinical pictures they present and the difference in their management make it necessary that the clinician be acquainted with the diagnostic criteria of the disease
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Microvascular decompression in the surgical management of trigeminal neuralgia

Neurosurgical Review, 1995
The pathophysiological mechanisms underlying trigeminal neuralgia are not clearly understood and several therapeutic modalities have been advocated. Microvascular decompression (MVD) is a widely used surgical approach for the decompression of the affected root entry zone (REZ) of the fifth cranial nerve.
M N, Pamir, T A, Zirh, A F, Ozer, G E, Keleş, N, Baykan   +4 more
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Surgical results of orbital decompression for malignant exophthalmos

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 1978
In summary, we have presented the epidemiology, pathology, clinical classes, diagnostic techniques and surgical techniques employed, and the results in 220 patients who have undergone transantral orbital decompression for malignant exophthalmos. Reduction of proptosis up to 12 mm has been obtained.
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