Journal of Spinal Surgery, 2018 Chordomas are rare locally aggressive midline tumors usually seen involving clivus and craniovertebral junction. Safe maximal resection is the mainstay of treatment.
Vishwas H Vijayendra +3 more
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Transoral endoscopic nasopharyngectomy with a flexible next-generation robotic surgical system [PDF]
, 2016 Objectives/Hypothesis: To determine the feasibility of transoral endoscopic nasopharyngectomy without division of the soft plate using a flexible, next-generation robotic surgical system. Study Design: Preclinical anatomic study using four human cadavers.
Holsinger, FC, Tsang, RKY
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Lateral palatal flap approach to the nasopharynx and parapharyngeal space for transoral robotic surgery: a cadaveric study [PDF]
, 2013 The da Vinci surgical robot has been used for minimally invasive surgery of the head and neck region including resection of tumors in the nasopharynx. Access to and vision of the nasopharynx with the robot are difficult.
Mohr, C, Tsang, RK
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Jefferson Digital Commons quarterly report: October-December 2017 [PDF]
, 2018 This quarterly report includes: Assorted assets added to the JDC in the last quarter Grand Rounds Recordings College Within a College (CWIC) Posters Program of Industrial Design Capstones What people are saying about the ...
Copeland, James, LIBT +2 more
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Surgical treatment of benign parapharyngeal space tumours : presentation of two clinical cases and revision of the literature [PDF]
, 2008 Parapharyngeal space (PPS) tumours, most of them benign, account for some 0.5% of tumours of the head and neck. The importance of these tumours lies mainly in two aspects: on the one hand, the difficulty of early diagnosis, due to the lack of symptoms
Costas López, Alberto +4 more
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Surgical margins in head and neck cancer: A contemporary review [PDF]
, 2013 Adequate resection margins are critical to the treatment decisions and prognosis of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). However, there are numerous controversies regarding reporting and interpretation of the status of resection ...
Eisele, MD,, David
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Radiology Case ReportsWe report a case of a 40-year-old female with a solitary plasmacytoma of the right transverse apophysis of C1 who underwent combined transoral ablation using a curved steerable needle and cementoplasty under CBCT and infra-red augmented reality ...
Eliodoro Faiella, MD +9 more
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Craniocervical fixation using inside-outside instrumentation
Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2005 The clinical knowledge of biomechanics of atlantoaxial complex demonstrated that progressive instability tipically occurs after anterior decompression of the craniocervical junction.
José Alberto Landeiro +2 more
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Prevalence of haptic feedback in robot-mediated surgery : a systematic review of literature [PDF]
, 2017 © 2017 Springer-Verlag. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of Robotic Surgery. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-017-0763-4With the successful uptake ...
Amirabdollahian, Farshid +6 more
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Advanced head and neck cancer: Long-term results of chemo-radiotherapy, complications and induction of second malignancies [PDF]
, 2001 Background: Chemo-radiotherapy is superior to radiotherapy alone in the treatment of advanced, inoperable head and neck cancer. The long-term treatment results, the induction of second malignant tumors, and other long-term toxicities are not well defined.
Aydemir, Ü. +6 more
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