Endoscopy-assisted surgery with topical mitomycin for a cholesterol granuloma in the petrous apex
The Laryngoscope, 10/01/2009
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Haginomori SI et al. – This less invasive technique is a surgical option for patients with a large cholesterol granuloma in the petrous apex involving the eustachian tube.
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Decompression of the Orbital Apex
Archives of Otolaryngology, 10/26/2009
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Almond MC et al. – Orbital apex lesions can often be effectively and relatively safely treated by endoscopic decompression alone.
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Treatment of a wide-necked aneurysm of the anterior cerebral artery using two Enterprise stents in "Y"-configuration stenting technique and coil embolization: a technical note
Neuroradiology, 10/26/2009
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Rohde S et al. – This technique has been described for aneurysms of the basilar apex or the middle cerebral artery bifurcation and only for open stent systems using the Neuroform stent. The authors report a 52–year–old
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Undiagnosed Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Forehead Presenting as a Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome
Orbit - The International Journal on Orbital Disorders, Oculoplastic and Lacrimal Surgery, 10/28/2009
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of clinical suspicion is necessary to diagnose PNI. Varied clinical presentations have been described for this form of dissemination, including orbital apex syndrome as in this case. Prognosis is poor, with death resulting in over 50% of cases at 5 years.
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Effects of Altered Corneal Stiffness on Native and Postoperative LASIK Corneal Biomechanical Behavior: A Whole-eye Finite Element Analysis
Journal of Refractive Surgery, 10/19/2009
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illustrates a stiffness–dependent biomechanical balance between central corneal flattening and pre–ectatic weakening of the corneal apex not demonstrated in previous computational models and provides insight into under– and overcorrection in myopic LASIK and the previously
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The posterior petrosal approach: technique and applications in pediatric neurosurgery
Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, 10/15/2009
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the posterior petrosal approach is a highly versatile approach that can access intra– and extraaxial pathology centered on the petrous bone. The authors believe that patient outcomes are directly related to the degree of experience using this approach. Therefore, if this approach is to be used
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Loss of Opposite Left Ventricular Basal and Apical Rotation Predicts Acute Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and is Associated With Long-Term Reversed Remodeling
Journal of Cardiac Failure, 10/06/2009
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Rüssel IK et al. – The loss of opposite base–apex rotation in patients eligible for CRT is an excellent predictor of acute response and is associated with LV reverse remodeling.
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Bypass Surgery for Complex Brain Aneurysms: An Assessment of Intracranial-Intracranial Bypass
Neurosurgery, 10/01/2009
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arterial occlusions. IC–IC bypass can replace conventional EC–IC bypass with more anatomic reconstructions for selected aneurysms involving the middle cerebral artery, posteroinferior cerebellar artery, anterior cerebral artery, and basilar apex.
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Phase-Locked Responses to Tones of Chinchilla Auditory Nerve Fibers: Implications for Apical Cochlear Mechanics
Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 11/23/2009
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those in other mammalian species but contrast with available measurements of apical cochlear vibrations in chinchilla, implying that either the latter are flawed or that a nonlinear “second filter” is interposed between vibrations and ANF excitation.
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Trigeminal nerve haemangioma eroding the petrous carotid canal
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 11/11/2009
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Saliba I et al. – Haemangiomas are usually found on the skin and in other soft tissues. However, this rare tumour should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of lesions occupying Meckel's cave and the foramen ovale
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