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Anterior cervical discectomy without fusion for a symptomatic cervical disk herniation [PDF]
Background: Cervical radiculopathy is characterized by dysfunction of the nerve root usually caused by a cervical disk herniation. The most important symptom is pain, radiating from the neck to the arm.
de Rooij, J.D. (Judith D.) +3 more
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Intraoperative neuromonitoring in thyroid surgery
Comparative analysis of post-surgical neurologic complications due to motor nerves damage (recurrent laryngeal and spine nerves) during conventional and neuromonitoring-guide thyroid surgery is conducted in this clinical study.
P O Rumyantsev
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Purpose: With the ongoing work on the Health Level Seven (HL7) standards and the IEEE 11073 Serviceoriented Device Connectivity (SDC) family, the demand for open integration of medical devices in the operating room (OR) has become clear.
Weßbecher Lea +4 more
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Neurocritical care monitoring correlates with neuropathology in a swine model of pediatric traumatic brain injury [PDF]
BACKGROUND—Small animal models have been used in traumatic brain injury (TBI) research to investigate the basic mechanisms and pathology of TBI. Unfortunately, successful TBI investigations in small animal models have not resulted in marked improvements ...
Eucker, Stephanie A +5 more
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Survivors of severe brain injury may require care in a neurointensive care unit (neuro-ICU), where the brain is vulnerable to secondary brain injury. Thus, there is a need for noninvasive, bedside, continuous cerebral blood flow monitoring approaches in ...
Chien-Sing Poon +6 more
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Emerging Treatments Targeting the Genioglossus Muscle [PDF]
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by repetitive episodes of upper airway obstruction caused by a loss of upper airway dilator muscle tone during sleep and an inadequate compensatory response by these muscles in the context of an anatomically
Cano-Pumarega, Irene +8 more
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Background: Giant serpentine aneurysms are rare with only ~60 aneurysms being described in the literature. Various treatment modalities have been employed to treat these complex entities including endovascular and complex surgical methods with a range of
Basmah AlTinawi +2 more
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Intraoperative neuromonitoring in thyroid and parathyroid surgery: indications and method
Intraoperative neuromonitoring finds widespread application in thyroid and parathyroid surgery, as a preventive method against laryngeal nerves injuries. Today it is possible to monitor the laryngeal nerve function in real time during an operation.
Viktor A. Makarin +10 more
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Spinal column shortening versus revision detethering for recurrent adult tethered cord syndrome: a preliminary comparison of perioperative and clinical outcomes. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE:Recurrent tethered cord syndrome (TCS), believed to result from tension on the distal portion of the spinal cord, causes a constellation of neurological symptoms. Detethering surgery has been the traditional treatment for TCS. However, in cases
Chang, Chih-Chang +7 more
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Protocol for electrophysiological monitoring of carotid endarterectomies. [PDF]
Near zero stroke rates can be achieved in carotid endarterectomy (CEA) surgery with selective shunting and electrophysiological neuromonitoring. though false negative rates as high as 40% have been reported.
Di Giorgio, Anthony M +4 more
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