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The cohort included 39 patients with sinusitis, affecting the frontal and/or maxillary sinus(es), as well as 5 controls without evidence of paranasal disease. There was a match between the extent of paranasal disease and the results of all 3 Weber test frequencies in 35 patients (80%). Omission of the 2048 and 1024 Hz tuning forks from the analysis yielded a match in 40 (91%) and 43 (98%) patients, respectively. No Weber test lateralized to the nondiseased sinus in any subject. Weber test lateralization was observed in 11% of patients, after the sinonasal pathology was successfully addressed.

Weber test lateralization in the absence of aural pathology may be explained by asymmetry related to paranasal disease and may alert to its presence.

Weber test lateralization in the absence of aural pathology may be explained by asymmetry related to paranasal disease and may alert to its presence.

Vestibular schwannoma (VS) is a common pathology encountered in neurotology clinics. Many patients are observed with a "wait and scan" approach. Previous efforts to determine radiographic indicators of future growth have been unsuccessful. Using a mouse subcutaneous tumor model, we seek to determine if fluorescent imaging with directed immunotargets could be used to predict schwannoma growth rate.

Anti-VEGFR2 and anti-Her2/Neu monoclonal antibodies were covalently linked to a near-infrared probe (IRDye800). Immunodeficient mice underwent subcutaneous injections with a rat-derived schwann (R3) cell line. When tumor growth was evident, either Anti-VEGFR2-IRDye800, anti-Her2/Neu-IRDye800, or Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Isotype-IRDye800 (control) were injected via tail vein. The mice were serially imaged in a closed field near-IR device. Fluorescent data were analyzed for tumor signal and correlated with tumor sie and growth rate. selleck Heterogeneity of fluorescent tumor signal was also assessed.

In both anti-VEGFR2 aschwannoma growth with advanced imaging techniques. Both Her2/Neu and VEGFR2 correlated strongly wth tumor size and growth rates and are promising targets that merit further investigation.

The research is to propose a sensing system to ensure the electrode array being correctly placed inside the cochlea. Instead of applying extra sensors to the array, the capacitive information from multiple points of the array is gathered and analyzed to determine the state and behavior of the electrode array.

The sensing system measures electrode bipolar capacitances between multiple pairs of electrodes during the insertion. The principal component analysis (PCA) method is then applied to analysis the recorded data to discriminate insertion patterns.

In total, 384 capacitance profiles from electrode pair (1, 2), and electrode pair (15, 16) were analyzed and compared. In an account of both the electrode pairs, the threshold distance was examined to be d = 1.99 at the average comparison type. The experiment results showed the success rate is over 80% to identify buckling during the insertion on a 2D cochlear model.

This early-stage investigation shows great potential compared with the current practice, which does not provide any feedback to surgeons. The system demonstrates the feasibility of a sensing method for auto-reoccupation electrodes behavior, and it will help surgeons to avoid misplacement of the electrode array inside the cochlea.

This early-stage investigation shows great potential compared with the current practice, which does not provide any feedback to surgeons. The system demonstrates the feasibility of a sensing method for auto-reoccupation electrodes behavior, and it will help surgeons to avoid misplacement of the electrode array inside the cochlea.

Literature on laparoscopic resection of small-bowel neuroendocrine neoplasms consists of single case descriptions or small selected case-series only, likely because of challenging mesenteric lymphadenectomy.

We evaluated an institutional change in approach from open to laparoscopic resection of small-bowel neuroendocrine neoplasm independent from lymph node involvement.

This is a retrospective comparative cohort study.

This study was conducted at a tertiary referral center.

Patients with small-bowel neuroendocrine neoplasms were included.

Laparoscopic or open segmental bowel resection with central mesenteric lymphadenectomy was the studied intervention.

Complexity of lymphadenectomy was assessed by determining the distance between suspect lymph nodes and main mesenteric branches on preoperative CT. Number of (tumor-positive) lymph nodes, conversion to open surgery, and postoperative complications according to Clavien-Dindo classification and length of stay were measured.

A total of 34 patientso plazo no se pudieron evaluar de manera confiable debido al seguimiento relativamente corto del grupo de laparoscopia.CONCLUSIONESLa resección intestinal laparoscópica con linfadenectomía mesentérica central para SB-NEN parece segura y se asocia con un resultado patológico similar y una estadía más corta en el contexto de un centro de referencia terciario. Consulte Video Resumen en http//links.lww.com/DCR/B512.

Recent studies have clarified that near-infrared observation using indocyanine green has the advantage of evaluating perfusion of the anastomotic site, especially in rectal cancer surgery, resulting in a reduction in anastomotic leak.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of near-infrared observation for reducing the anastomotic leak after stapled side-to-side anastomosis in colon cancer surgery.

This was a retrospective propensity score case-matched study.

The study was conducted at 3 institutions in the Yokohama Clinical Oncology Group.

From January 2011 to December 2019, patients who underwent colon cancer surgery with stapled side-to-side anastomosis were included.

The main outcome was the percentage of anastomotic leak within 30 days after surgery.

A total of 1034 patients were collected. There were 532 patients who underwent near-infrared observation and 502 who did not. A total of 370 patients were matched to the near-infrared and non-near-infrared groups. In the near-infrared group, 12 patients (3.