Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy ...
The association between a pre-operative recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) palsy and thyroid disease is usually suggestive of locally advanced malignan ...
Functional endoscopic sinus sur ...
The main objective of this study is to assess the results of functional endoscopic sinus surgery in children and to determine which factors independ ...
Controversies in RELN/reelin ex ...
Several studies have reported a potential genetic association between disease-speciWc single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) of RELN and otosclerosis ...
Parapharyngeal space tumors wit ...
Parapharyngeal space (PPS) tumors are rare and benign in 80% of cases. Since surgeons Wrst resected this anatomical region, the surgical approach to ...
Prognostic indicators of hearin ...
The objectives of this study are (1) to evaluate hearing change after complete cholesteatoma resection in the setting of a labyrinthine Wstula, (2) ...
Myringotomy and ventilation tub ...
We present a novel and safe technique for insertion of ventilation tubes under local anaesthetic which we feel improves the patient’s experience and ...
Novel composite implant in cran ...
Bioactive glass (BAG) and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) have been used in clinical applications. Antimicrobial BAG has the ability to attach chemic ...
The palatal island mucoperioste ...
Reconstruction of intraoral mucosal defects following tumor ablative surgery can be a challenging problem. The objective of this study was to evalua ...
Management of total laryngectom ...
Throat cancer has always struck people’s imagination. This type of cancer affects some of the patient’s most essential physiological functions: spea ...
Considerations for analysis of ...
Self/other (i.e., internal/external) source monitoring is one of the leading paradigms for the study of hallucinations in schizophrenia. The cogniti ...
S100B and homocysteine in the a ...
Elevations of serum homocysteine levels are a consistent finding in alcohol addiction. Serum S100B levels are altered in different neuropsychiatric ...
Diagnostic criteria for bipolar ...
To assess the clinical validity of individual DSM-IV criteria for hypomania. In an international sample of 5,635 patients with major depressive epis ...
Subjective emotional over-arous ...
From the clinical practice and some experimental studies, it is apparent that paranoid schizophrenia patients tend to assign emotional salience to n ...
Epidemiology of psychoactive dr ...
The study was conducted in response to the lack of epidemiological data in recent time on the use of psychoactive substances by adolescents in metro ...
Estimating measures of interact ...
Measures of interaction on an additive scale (relative excess risk due to interaction [RERI], attributable proportion [AP], synergy index [S]), were ...
Long-term impact of secondary p ...
Zolta´n Voko´ , Sophie de Brouwer , Jacobus Lubsen ,Nicolas Danchin , Jan-Erik Otterstad ,Peter H. J. M. Dunselman , Bridget-Anne Kirwan
Maternal smoking during pregnan ...
Obstetric and neonatal complications have been associated with completed and attempted suicide (suicidal acts) in young offspring. Maternal smoking ...
Computed tomography in children ...
Exposure to ionizing radiation is a known risk factor for cancer. Cancer risk is highest after exposure in childhood. The computed tomography is the ...
Increasing incidence of Barrett ...
Oesophageal adenocarcinoma, a highly fatal cancer, has risen in incidence in Western societies, but it is unclear whether this is due to increasing ...
A rare complication of acute ac ...
65-year-old man presented with uncontrolled severe low back pain and both leg pain (VAS 9) due to failed back surgery syndrome conWrmed by magnetic ...
Proximal femoral nail anti-rota ...
The treatment of peritrochanteric fractures in elderly patients with osteoporosis due to the diYculty of obtaining and maintaining stable Wxation. A ...
Locking compression plate break ...
Background & purpose The locking compression plate (LCP) system oVers a number of advantages in fracture Wxation combining angular stability through ...
Surgical treatment of olecranon ...
Background Fractures of the olecranon are relatively uncommon in children and most are non-displaced or minimally displaced. Wire and suture methods ...
Racial differences in type of s ...
Background Proximal humeral fracture constitutes a medical emergency on most occasions in which the decision to perform either open reduction and in ...
Prognosis significance of focal ...
Objective The prognosis significance of signal intensity changes remains controversial, and several reports showed that focal-increased signal inten ...