intraoperative nerve stimulation in minimally invasive thyroidectomy

... VII-IX in the lateral costal margin Finally we infiltrate the rectus muscle 18 Updated Topics in Minimally Invasive Abdominal Surgery of abdomen in the epigastric region right under the incision line ... 2011 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechweb.org Updated Topics in Minimally Invasive ... can be freed 14 Updated Topics in Minimally Invasive Abdominal Surgery Fig Incision of 3,5 cm in length Fig Cylinder bottom through the methacrylate plug Transcylindrical Cholecystectomy for the...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 18:20

... VII-IX in the lateral costal margin Finally we infiltrate the rectus muscle 18 Updated Topics in Minimally Invasive Abdominal Surgery of abdomen in the epigastric region right under the incision line ... 2011 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechweb.org Updated Topics in Minimally Invasive ... can be freed 14 Updated Topics in Minimally Invasive Abdominal Surgery Fig Incision of 3,5 cm in length Fig Cylinder bottom through the methacrylate plug Transcylindrical Cholecystectomy for the...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 00:20

... occipital nerve blockade [15], radiofrequency ablation [16], botulinum toxin A injections [17,18], surgical decompression [19], and occipital peripheral nerve stimulation (OPNS) [7,20-23] OPNS involves ... resulted in complete pain resolution that lasted from two to three days Because she required an ever-increasing dose of morphine for pain relief, and because she had responded to the occipital nerve ... was injected with ml or ml of 1% lidocaine as a local anesthetic, and the stimulating electrodes were introduced through a 14-gauge introducer needle (0.5 cm to 0.7 cm below the skin surface) in...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:23

... is a defect in the intracellular signalling of target cells after muscarinic activation Our finding indicates that the innervation of blood vessels by autonomic nerves is normal in NOD mice, ... not found in parasympathetic fibres innervating acinar cells in submandibular salivary glands in NOD mice or BALB/c mice, and hence is seemingly uninvolved in the pathogenesis of acinar cell ... Nω-nitro-L-arginine-methyl ester infusion (a) to (d) Original measurements in perfusion units (PU) (a, c) before and (b, d) after Nω-nitro-L-arginine-methyl ester L-NAME) infusion in (a, b) a BALB/c...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:22

... CD68, CD3 and CD20 cells In our series, considering one cutting level in five out of nine cases, two cutting levels in eight out of nine cases, and three cutting levels in all cases produced a ... development of a novel minimally invasive technique of US-guided synovial biopsy has been reported in the literature [23,31], and includes assessment of the small joint biopsy Available online http://arthritis-research.com/content/9/5/R101 ... infiltration, lining layer thickness or vascularity scores [15] Our analysis focusing on synovial tissue obtained surgically from small joints reproduces these findings, demonstrating that the...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... report on a reduction in sneezing in patients with intrinsic rhinitis Our findings might indicate an important role of acetylcholine as a relevant neurotransmitter in the sneezing reflex Most of ... mechanism of IR, in some patients acetylcholine might play a minor role in the origin of hypersecretion Conclusion This study could show that in some patients with IR, the minimally invasive application ... the inhibition of the release of acetylcholine from the pre-ganglion cholinergic nerve endings in the nasal mucosa, the inhibition of the release of acetylcholine from the pre-ganglion cholinergic...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... monitoring devices Intensive Care Med 2009, 35:1801-1808 doi:10.1186/cc10024 Cite this article as: Pinsky MR: Use of minimally invasive hemodynamic monitoring to assess dynamic changes in cardiac ... rates were both 96%, indicating good trending ability, unlike the LiDCO and PiCCO cohorts, which were 88% and 84%, respectively Thus, there are better algorithms around for modeling peripheral circulatory ... are they not being used? Abbreviations CCO, continuous cardiac output; CO, cardiac output; COtd, bolus thermodilution cardiac output; PAC, pulmonary artery catheter Competing interests MRP has...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... GC, Redmond HP Minimally invasive, radioguided surgery for pHPT Ann Surg Oncol 2001; 8(10): 856-60 Goldstein RE, Billheimer D, Martin WH, Richards K Sestamibi Scanning and Minimally invasive radioguided ... transverse and longitudinal planes Where these two lines intersected a 3cm transverse mark was placed on the neck Following skin preparation, the area of incision was infiltrated with 10cc of ... replaced with adhesive strips No drain was used OP Group No ultrasound was used intraoperatively in these cases After administration of general anesthesia and intubation the patient was similarly...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:04

... correlation of facet joint pain in lumbar and cervical spine? Pain Physician 2002; 5: 365-71 Manchikanti L, Boswell MV, Singh V, et al Prevalence of facet joint pain in chronic spinal pain of cervical, ... outcomes The number of joints involved was as follows: joints were involved in 70% of the patients and joints were involved in 30% of the patients Bilateral involvement was seen in 79% of the patients ... stimulating the facet joint capsule Surprisingly, they53 also showed that the introduction of physiologic saline into the zygapophysial joint reduced the stimulation pathway from the intervertebral...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:07

... dispersal of coastal marine algae and invertebrates, including introduced species The LEMAR group is involved in studies concerned with the interactions between marine invertebrate populations ... larvae Sampling of adults was conducted by dredging during the breeding season in June 2003 in three sites (called populations in the following text; Table 1), separated by less than 10 km, in the ... having lost some ‘candidate fathers’ from the stack since copulation (for instance during the sampling, i.e dredging effects) Besides, the mobile males are young individuals expected to be in...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 12:20

... fo elbaT Commitees AAGL 4th International Congress on Minimally Invasive Gynecology, Dubrovnik, June 23-26, 2010 Dear Colleagues, 3rd Croatian Congress on Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery ... like to invite you to join us for the World Congress of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery in Dubrovnik We will discuss all the aspects of this fast developing field We hope to bring together ... Lukanovic 1:30 - 1:40 pm TVT-S Treatment of Urinary Incontinence … ……….… M Zadro, M Kopjar 1:40 - 1:50 pm Treatment of a Stress Sphincter Incontinence Using SLING Method .………………………………………………… …………… …...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 14:20

... macrophage infiltration with angiogenesis and prognosis in invasive breast carcinoma Cancer Res 1996, 56(20):4625-4629 19 Pollard JW: Macrophages define the invasive microenvironment in breast ... macrophage infiltration in the invasive front (81.0%) than in those with a lower macrophage infiltration (48.6%), which is in agreement with the previous studies [36-39] The mechanisms behind the ... in the stroma, and in particular, along the invasive front CD68-positive cells were mostly in apparent direct contact with or immediately adjacent to tumor cells lining the invasive front Although...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... extent than coordination training without SR stimulation [22] The effect of coordination training with SR stimulation on static postural stability also should be examined since single leg postural ... been indicative of ankle sprain injury in the physically active [15,16] Thus, SR stimulation has implications for treating and preventing ankle sprain injury associated with FAI since this stimulation ... coordination training with SR stimulation facilitates rehabilitation more than coordination training alone Researchers have also reported that coordination training alone has not impacted certain...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... Inflammatory parameters in brain cortex after CMS Protein expression of COX-2 in control and after CMS in the brain (A) Brain levels of the pro-inflammatory prostaglandin PGE2 (B), the anti-inflammatory ... interestingly, intestinal decontamination is able to restore the disbalance between COX-derived inflammatory (PGE2) and anti-inflammatory (15d-PGJ2) components in the brain Our results also indicate ... release of inflammatory mediators in the CNS (including IL-1b and COX-2) (Figure 8) In addition, antibiotic intestinal decontamination decreases LPS systemic levels and neuroinflammation showing a...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... service instructed subjects in the intervention group in stretching exercises based on neurodynamic principles [24,25] Groups of 10–12 employees were instructed in sessions of 20 minutes during which ... data on symptoms in the three regions resulted in an overall significant improvement during the intervention (p = 0.02) (Table 2) Findings Individual findings The changes relating to each physical ... group for the infraclavicular portion of the brachial plexus (Table 5) Summarized individual findings The summarized individual physical findings was reduced in 35 and increased in 18 out of the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... including salesmen, managers, engineers, secretaries, and economic clerks, were randomly invited into the study At the baseline examination in February 1987, 93 of 112 manual workers, including ... to increase the skin temperature of the fingers [16], but our effort to raise the skin temperature in fingertips failed in some cases However, the skin temperature was only measured at the fingertip ... in buttoning clothing, reported either in the questionnaire or during medical examination There were subjects with bilateral symptoms and bilateral median nerve pathology Presence of median nerve...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... levels of CRP in the minimally invasive group than in the standard posterolateral group and concluded that there was a reduced post-operative inflammatory reaction in the minimally invasive approach ... associated with minimally invasive and standard posterior approaches to the surgery is the same in both cases This could be explained by the fact that although the minimally invasive technique ... study of Dorr et al [11] Instead, it was decided to examine whether an unchanged rehabilitation program would result in the minimally invasive surgery group attaining defined rehabilitation objectives...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... D:\Projects\CTCH\Info\bsTan\Bai baocao Template: C:\Documents and Settings\bvtai\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dot Title: MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARPAL TUNNEL DECOMPRESSION Subject: Author: TiNa_Baby ... Saved On: 5/16/2007 2:35:00 PM Last Saved By: TiNa_Baby Total Editing Time: 72 Minutes Last Printed On: 7/1/2007 6:12:00 PM As of Last Complete Printing Number of Pages: Number of Words: 1,335 (approx.) ... release orthop Rev, 20 : 346-352 (1991) Leinberry et al (1997), JBJS the Journal of bone and joint surgery, 79 : 555-7 Klein R : Open carpital release using a 1cm incision : technique and outcomes for...

Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 15:20

... is demonstrated by increases in GAF scores, beginning shortly after the start of VNS therapy and Improvement in functioning is demonstrated by increases in GAF scores, beginning shortly after ... stock in Cyberonics, Inc Kenneth Trevino declares that he has no competing interests 10 Authors' contributions MMH was the principal investigator of the VNS pilot study DS was the study coordinator ... Platelet serotonin in newborns and infants: ontogeny, heritability, and effect of in utero exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors Pediatr Res 2004, 56(3):418-422 Laine K, Heikkinen T, Ekblad...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... breast is inflated with exactly 40 cc, 50cc, 60 cc, or 70 A CEDandinserted through a small incision in the lateral cc A CED is inserted through a small incision in the lateral breast and inflated ... was then inserted into the lumpectomy cavity through a small incision in the lateral breast and inflated with exactly 40 cc of saline (Figure 1) The conformity of the CED to the surrounding breast ... feasible and associated with minimal acute side effects [12] Investigators have also explored delivering APBI in the operating room immediately after lumpectomy Intraoperative radiation therapy...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:21