Indication for Thyoidectomy

neurotrauma as an evolving indication for neuromodulation

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Indication for carotid endarterectomy.

From recent randomized studies, carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is highly beneficial to the patients with a symptomatic high-grade carotid artery stenosis (70-99%), but the surgical indication for an asymptomatic carotid artery disease remains unsolved. Sixty-three atheromatous plaques (symptomatic 51, asymptomatic 12) were obtained from 57 patients who underwent CEA. The presence of an intraplaqu...

Indication for percutaneous coronary angioplasty.

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) or balloon angioplasty, was performed in the United States, but the technique remained challenged by the primary problem of ''re-stenosis'', which was approximately 30% closing of the coronary artery after balloon dilatation. When first PTCA introduced by Gruentzig in 1977, it was specific directed for patients who have angina, documented is...

Expanding the Indication for Evar

Reoperation Rate and Indication for Reoperation after Free Functional Muscle Transfers in Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injury

plexus injury. Few studies report the rate of revision surgeries following free functional muscle transfers. We examinedthe reoperation rate and indication for reoperation after primary reconstruction of upper extremity function with a freegracilis transfer after brachial plexus injury.Methods: From 2003-2016, we identified 25 patients who underwent a free functional gracilis ...