Arrested Pneumatization of the Sphenoid Sinus on Large Field-of-View Cone Beam Computed Tomography Studies by Mehrnaz Tahmasbi-Arashlow, Sevin Barghan, Jeffrey Bennett, Rujuta A. Katkar, Madhu K. Nair

“…It is important to differentiate arrested pneumatization of the sphenoid sinus from lesions, such as arachnoid granulations, acoustic neuroma, glioma, metastatic lesions, meningioma, or chordoma, to prevent unnecessary biopsies or exploratory surgeries that would consequently reduce treatment costs and alleviate anxiety in patients.…”
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Advances in the Surgical Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis by Wright Erin D, Frenkiel Saul

“…Recent technical innovations such as mucosa-preserving instrumentation and image guidance systems for intraoperative localization have given surgeons increased confidence and enabled more complete and effective surgical management of chronic rhinosinusitis, particularly in revision surgeries or in the presence of distorted landmarks. …”
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Challenges of Epidural Hematoma Treatment after Cranioplasty: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Živilė Žalalytė, Gytis Šustickas

“…Due to many repetitive surgeries and head computed tomography scans a vacuum drainage system was formed. …”
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Early branching of bilateral renal arteries with bilateral accessory renal arteries: A case report of a live-related donor transplantation by Rajendra B Nerli, Priyeshkumar Patel, Manas Sharma, Sushant Deole, Shridhar C Ghagane, Sreeharsha Nutalpati, Shashank Patil, Shyam Mohan, Neeraj S Dixit

“…It is always preferable to choose kidneys with a single artery because both donor and recipient surgeries are less complicated and there is less risk for arterial thrombosis. …”
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Real-Time Curvature Detection of a Flexible Needle with a Bevel Tip by Bo Zhang, Fangxin Chen, Miao Yang, Linxiang Huang, Zhijiang Du, Lining Sun, Wei Dong

“…Recent years, researchers found the flexible needle cannot realize feedback control during the puncture surgeries only by path planning. To solve this problem, the flexible needle is tried to achieve real-time detection in this paper. …”
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Transsexuality and health demands: representations of nursing students by Ana Beatriz Azevedo Queiroz, Alison Malheiros de Castro, Ana Luiza de Oliveira Carvalho, Carina Bulcão Pinto, Juliana da Fonsêca Bezerra, Diana da Silva Gonçalves, Gabriela Silva dos Santos, Hannah de Melo dos Santos

“…Hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgeries were understood as the main demands, being anchored in a pathologizing and medicalizing health sphere. …”
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Multi-frequency therapeutic ultrasound: A review by Dong Zhang, Xiaoyu Wang, Jiaji Lin, Yongqin Xiong, Haoxuan Lu, Jiayu Huang, Xin Lou

“…Focused ultrasound is a noninvasive, radiation-free and real-time therapeutic approach to treat deep-seated targets, which benefits numerous diseases otherwise requiring surgeries. Treatment efficiency is one of the key factors determining therapeutic outcomes, but improving it solely by increasing the total power can be limited by the performance of general ultrasound devices. …”
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Substitutes and Colloidal System for Vitreous Replacement and Drug Delivery: Recent Progress and Future Prospective by Minal Thacker, Ching-Li Tseng, Feng-Huei Lin

“…Vitreoretinal surgeries for ocular diseases such as complicated retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy, macular holes and ocular trauma has led to the development of various tamponades over the years in search for an ideal vitreous substitute. …”
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Kidney Stones: Crystal Characterization by Carmen González-Enguita, Rosario García-Giménez

“…In the present study, this was carried out on kidney stones collected from surgeries in hospitals from Spain. The samples were collected in two representative urban centers: one from a large city, Madrid; the other with a mostly rural population, in order to contrast the possible compositions of the kidney stones. …”
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Radiological Aspects of BRONJ after Dental Extractions in Ovariectomized Female Wistar Rats by Adela Cristina LAZĂR, Radu LĂCĂTUȘ, Robert PURDOIU, Lucia BEL, Orsolya SARPATAKI, Mariana PĂCURAR, Radu Septimiu CÂMPIAN

“…According to the experiment conducted by us, the administration of this class of bisphosphonates has antibacterial effects, decrease osteoclasts activity and thus decrease the bone resorption, but as a secondary main effect it induces BRONJ after performing routine dental surgeries.…”
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Novel alternative for submental intubation - A case report - by Inyoung Jung, Byung Hoon Yoo, Ji Youn Ju, Sijin Choi, Jun Heum Yon, Kye-Min Kim, Yun-Hee Lim, Woo Yong Lee

“…Background Submental intubation is commonly used during general anesthesia for maxillofacial surgeries as it provides a safe unrestricted surgical access compared to tracheostomy. …”
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The Outcomes of Nutritional Support Techniques in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancers by Vlad-Alexandru Ionescu, Gina Gheorghe, Ruxandra Oprita, Madalina Stan-Ilie, Raluca-Ioana Dascalu, Ondin Zaharia, Viorel Jinga, Camelia Cristina Diaconu, Gabriel Constantinescu

“…The development of digestive endoscopy techniques has led to the possibility of ensuring the enteral nutrition of cancer patients without oral feeding through minimally invasive techniques and the avoidance of surgeries, which involve more risks. The enteral nutrition modalities consist of endoscopy-guided nasoenteric tube (ENET), percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy with jejunal tube extension (PEG-J), direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy (DPEJ) or endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided gastroenterostomy.…”
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Surgical Tool Classification in Laparoscopic Videos Using Convolutional Neural Network by Abdulbaki Alshirbaji Tamer, Jalal Nour Aldeen, Möller Knut

“…Laparoscopic videos are a very important source of information which is inherently available in minimally invasive surgeries. Detecting surgical tools based on that videos have gained increasing interest due to its importance in developing a context-aware system. …”
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A rare case of multiple visceral vascular variations around the kidneys: morphological and clinical aspects by Dibakar Borthakur, Mohammed Ahmed Ansari, Neerja Rani, Rajesh Kumar, Monica Baxla

“…Abstract Knowledge of the anatomical variations of the visceral branches of the abdominal aorta is important information for planning any surgeries in the region. We present here a rare constellation of variations of visceral vessels around the kidneys with a brief review of the recent literature. …”
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High-Flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy for Management of Postoperative Pneumocephalus by Fahmeena Begum, Srilata Moningi, T Narasimha Murthy

“…Postoperative pneumocephalus (PNC) is very common in craniotomy surgeries. It can be asymptomatic or if present in more volumes can cause symptoms such as lethargy, headache, confusion, or even severe neurological deficit. …”
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Dry eye syndrome: a disease of the civilization. diagnosis and treatment options by V. V. Brzhesky

“…The reasons of the incidence growth are explained by frequent cases of computer vision and office syndromes, increasing number of laser refractive surgeries and wide use of contact lenses for vision correction. …”
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Failed Dental Implant: When Titanium Fractures by João Paulo Mendes Tribst, Arie Werner, Erik J. Blom

“…Despite the widespread use of titanium implants in orthopedic and dental surgeries, concerns have recently emerged regarding potential deformations and fractures after osseointegration. …”
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Restrictive strabismus and gaze-evoked oculocardiac reflex following pterygium repair with fibrin glue by Luai T Eldweik, Shaikha Aljneibi

“…Ophthalmologists often observe oculocardiac reflex intraoperatively upon manipulation of extraocular muscles during strabismus surgeries. We report a case with a previously undescribed complication following pterygium autograft with fibrin glue stimulating oculocardiac reflex resulting in episodes of sudden bradycardia associated with light headedness and nausea.…”
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Reactive Gingival Lesions, Investigations, And Treatment Modalities: Review Article by Mashael Al-Qahtani

“…Various treatment modalities have been used, including surgical blade excision, laser surgical techniques, electrosurgery and cryosurgery. Laser surgeries present more benefits, especially for the hemorrhagic and vascularized lesions in comparison to others. …”
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Clinical Applications of Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography: An Updated Review by Yu Jeat Chong, Matthew Azzopardi, Gulmeena Hussain, Alberto Recchioni, Jaishree Gandhewar, Constantinos Loizou, Ioannis Giachos, Ankur Barua, Darren S. J. Ting

“…In addition, the clinical applications of AS-OCT (including epithelial mapping) in preoperative planning and postoperative monitoring for corneal and refractive surgeries are discussed.…”
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