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Atrophy of the Tongue as the Presenting Feature of Metastatic Prostate Cancer [PDF]

International Neurourology Journal, 2011
Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed solid organ cancer in men and is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men in the United Kingdom.
Zreik Abdullah, Maitrey Darrad, Sanjeev Pathak   +2 more
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Efficacy of the Suboccipital Paracondylar-Lateral Cervical Approach: The Series of 64 Jugular Foramen Tumors Along With Follow-Up Data

Frontiers in Oncology, 2021
ObjectiveComplete resection of jugular foramen tumors with minimal cranial nerve complications remains challenging even for skilled neurosurgeons. Here, we introduce a modified paracondylar approach, named the suboccipital paracondylar-lateral cervical ...
Xiangyu Wang, Jian Yuan, Dingyang Liu, Yuanyang Xie, Ming Wu, Qun Xiao, Chaoying Qin, Jun Su, Yu Zeng, Qing Liu   +9 more
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Translational Considerations for Injectable Biomaterials and Bioscaffolds to Repair and Regenerate Brain Tissue

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The repair and regeneration of brain tissue faces both biological and technical challenges. Injectable bioscaffolds offer new opportunities to stimulate tissue regrowth in the brain by recruiting neural stem cells. Here, the translational issues are reviewed that need to be address to advance this promising new therapeutic approach from the bench to ...
Michel Modo, Alena Kisel
wiley   +1 more source

Chondromyxoid Fibroma of the Skull Base and Calvarium: Surgical Management and Literature Review

Journal of Neurological Surgery Reports, 2016
Chondromyxoid fibroma (CMF) is an exceedingly rare tumor that represents less than 1% of all primary bone neoplasms. Occurrence in the facial and cranial bones is extremely rare and frequently misdiagnosed.
Nasser Khaled Yaghi, Franco DeMonte
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Imaging of Skull Base Tumors

Tomography, 2023
The skull base provides a platform for supporting the brain while serving as a conduit for major neurovascular structures. In addition to malignant lesions originating in the skull base, there are many benign entities and developmental variants that may ...
Bilal Battal, Carlos Zamora
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Practical Guide to the Design of Granular Hydrogels for Customizing Complex Cellular Microenvironments

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Granular hydrogels are emerging microporous platforms for cell culture and delivery, showing great potential for replicating the complex, heterogeneous environments found in natural tissues. This review outlines the design principles of granular hydrogels, highlighting critical factors that determine the final physicochemical properties of the entire ...
Shuhan Feng, Kaiyang Chen, Shiqi Wang
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Microvascular tissue transfer in reconstruction of anterior skull base defects secondary to sinonasal malignancies: a case series and proposed reconstructive framework

Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery
Sinonasal malignancies such as lymphoepithelial carcinoma (LEC) and esthesioneuroblastoma (ENB) are rare but aggressive neoplasms that frequently necessitate extensive resection of anterior skull base structures, creating complex defects.
Nikhil Prasad, Kripa Shankar Mishra, Rajan Arora, Anchit Kumar, Samarth Gupta, Sourav Sarkar   +5 more
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Use of Salvage Surgery or Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Multiply Recurrent Skull Base Chordomas: A Single-Institution Experience and Review of the Literature

Skull Base, 2020
Introduction Chordomas are locally destructive neoplasms characterized by appreciable recurrence rates after initial multimodality treatment. We examined the outcome of salvage treatment in recurrent/progressive skull base chordomas.
S. Yoo, B. Strickland, G. Zada, S. Bian, A. Garsa, J. C. Ye, Cheng Yu, M. Weiss, B. Wrobel, S. Giannotta, E. Chang   +10 more
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Mesoporous Bioactive Glasses: A Powerful Tool in Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This work is a comprehensive revision of bioactive glasses (BGs), pioneered by Prof. L.L. Hench, which are key in bone repair and regenerative medicine. Sol–gel methods and mesoporous designs enhanced their bioactivity, ions, and drug delivery. BGs now support gene therapy and 3D‐printed scaffolds, enabling personalized, multifunctional treatments in ...
Natividad Gómez‐Cerezo, Daniel Lozano, Antonio J. Salinas, María Vallet‐Regí   +3 more
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Advance on endoscopic skull base surgery

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2019
Endoscopic skull base surgery started from 1990s, and has undergone fast development in the past 20 years. It has involved various skull base regions from the anterior skull base to the craniovertebral junction (CVJ) and jugular foramen, including intra-
Qiu-hang ZHANG
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