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Combining computer game-based behavioural experiments with high-density EEG and infrared gaze tracking [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Rigorous, quantitative examination of therapeutic techniques anecdotally reported to have been successful in people with autism who lack communicative speech will help guide basic science toward a more complete characterisation of the cognitive profile ...
Belmonte, MK, Yoder, KJ
core   +1 more source

Impact of removing mastoid process for advanced parotid cancer on facial nerve identification, preservation and reconstruction

open access: yesHead & Face Medicine, 2014
BackgroundAdvanced parotid cancers more than 4 cm are firmly fixed around the main trunk of the facial nerve that can be hardly detected in narrow working space between mastoid process and parotid cancer.
J. Yokoyama   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mastoid Surgery Does Not Normalize Tympanometric Middle Ear Pressure in Children With Cholesteatoma

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
Conflicting mechanism‐based hypotheses have been used to promote selection of different approaches to management of the mastoid in order to optimize middle ear pressure homeostasis after removal of cholesteatoma. For example: (a) conservation of mastoid mucosa and opening of ventilation pathways endoscopically to normalize function, (b) removal of ...
Adrian L. James
wiley   +1 more source

A Morphometric and Volumetric Evaluation of Maxillary Sinus Using Computed Tomography as a Tool for Sex Determination

open access: yesNational Journal of Clinical Anatomy
Background: The maxillary sinuses (MSs) frequently exhibit preservation, even in the presence of substantial cranial and other skeletal deformities. Measurements of MS length, width, height, and volume are not only important anatomical features during ...
Pulimi Vineel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Petrosquamous Septum in Children-A Misleading Obstacle or Reliable Landmark? A Radioanatomical Study. [PDF]

open access: yesOtolaryngol Head Neck Surg
Abstract Objective To evaluate the petrosquamous septum in children under 5 years of age and its usefulness as a surgical landmark using computed tomography (CT); to identify petrosquamous stalactite and its relationship to the ossicular chain and external acoustic meatus is also described. Study Design Retrospective review of CT scans.
Wojciechowski T, Drożdż A, Skadorwa T.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Mesna in Otologic Surgery: Efficacy and Safety—A Scoping Review

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
PRISMA flow diagram indicating the process of systematic inclusion and exclusion of articles. ABSTRACT Objective Mesna (Sodium 2‐mercaptoethanesulfonate) is widely used as a mucolytic agent and uroprotective agent. Recently, its disulfide bond‐breaking property has been applied in otologic surgery to facilitate safer dissection of cholesteatoma and ...
Kevork H. Atamian   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labyrinthine artery aneurysm as an internal auditory canal mass. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
We present the first case report of a labyrinthine artery aneurysm masquerading as an internal auditory canal tumor. A 72-year-old woman presented with sudden onset right facial paralysis, facial pain, hearing loss, and vertigo.
Brunberg, James   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Exploring Sleep, Energy Balance, and Weight Loss Maintenance After Bariatric Surgery in Adult Females: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesObesity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This cross‐sectional study examined associations between sleep, body weight, body composition, appetite, and food reward after bariatric surgery. Methods A single 7‐day study period in 22 female adults (age, 53.5 ± 9.3 years; BMI, 35.5 ± 8.5 kg/m2; body fat: 44.9% ± 8.6%) who underwent bariatric surgery ≥ 1 year prior to enrollment ...
Hannah R. Koch   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structure and function of the mammalian middle ear. I: Large middle ears in small desert mammals. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Many species of small desert mammals are known to have expanded auditory bullae. The ears of gerbils and heteromyids have been well described, but much less is known about the middle ear anatomy of other desert mammals.
Mason, Matthew J
core   +1 more source

Outcomes and Risk Factors in Oncologic Temporal Bone Surgery: A Head and Neck‐Specific NSQIP Analysis

open access: yesOtolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Advanced temporal bone and parotid gland malignancies are rare and difficult to manage. However, complications of oncologic temporal bone surgery have not been systematically categorized. We aim to detail the postoperative outcomes of lateral temporal bone resection (LTBR) and mastoidectomy for otologic oncology patients, and ...
Bailey H. Duhon   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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