in 32% (symptomatic 13%, asymptomatic 19%) Tsutsumimoto et al. (26) Retrospective study Patients who had undergone cervical surgery for CSM 297 M:201; F: 96 65.6 (27–93) CLTSS in 57.9% (15% underwent a lumbar operation) Yamada
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occur. Our expertise in performing effective surgery to treat NHO has progressed during this experience, and standard practice has advanced and adapted to better treat the pathology, and provide patients with improved quality of life outcomes. Surgical
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cranial bony anatomy was created from CT imaging. 1 Since then, it has been increasingly applied especially in surgical specialties such as oral and maxillofacial surgery, 2 , 3 cardiothoracic surgery, 4 plastic surgery, 5 neurosurgery
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diagnostic problem or if ablative surgery is planned. Evaluating laboratory findings, the patient’s condition and the local stage of the tumour, we can decide whether to perform radical or palliative surgery. In cases with multiple bone metastases, surgery
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the presence of multiple scars from surgeries that have been performed a long time previously, a mid-line approach is the least disruptive approach. 8 Medial parapatellar arthrotomy Medial parapatellar arthrotomy ( Fig. 1 ) is the standard
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patient history (nutritional status, weight loss and cognitive status, for example). Dehydration, thirst or drowsiness can suggest hypercalcaemia and blood tests (serum calcium and albumin) should be performed. If surgery is planned, laboratory studies
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surgery fashion as the Isham osteotomy. 5 From the beginning of the use of osteotomies for the treatment of hallux valgus deformities, surgeons distinguished between distal, diaphyseal and proximal osteotomies. While the Hohmann, 4 the Wilson
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Perthes disease, torsional abnormalities together with the development of new surgical approaches and procedures, have revolutionized the field of joint preserving surgery. The utilization of joint preservation operations including hip arthroscopy
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). Radiotherapy can be used in association with surgery, pre- or post-operatively, to reduce the size of the lesion, stopping the angiogenesis and consequently the progression of osteolysis. Results are quite convincing: in 1993, Dunbar et al reviewed the
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patients with non-operative management of cervical radiculopathy. 9 There are no clearly recognized indications for surgery in patients with CDH with radiculopathy. 5 Concerning signs or symptoms that might merit early surgical intervention