OBJECTIVE Percutaneous cochlear implantation (PCI) surgery uses patient-specific customized microstereotactic frames to achieve a single drill-pass from the lateral skull to the cochlea, avoiding vital anatomy. We demonstrate the use of a specific microstereotactic frame, called a "microtable," to perform PCI surgery on cadaveric temporal bone specimens. STUDY DESIGN Feasibility study using c...

BACKGROUND Identification and differentiation of coronary atherosclerotic plaques may improve risk stratification for incident coronary events. OBJECTIVE We investigated the ability of dual-source computed tomography (CT) to depict and characterize atherosclerotic coronary plaques. METHODS Contrast-enhanced CT was performed in 25 human heart specimens with a total of 322 histologically dete...

This work presents the overall structure of FRACTESUS project and progress carried out so far. The is part EURATOM programme 2019-2020, topic NFRP-04: Innovation for Generation II III reactors. developments will contribute to long-term safe operation nuclear power plants, addressing goals European Union in terms sustainable green energy, where decarbonisation energy system a priority. intends d...

UNLABELLED To the best of the authors' knowledge, no previous study has compared the prevalences of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) or Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) cervical infection among pregnant and non-pregnant patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with vaginal bleeding. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of these infections in a simultaneously assembled cohort, and to determi...

re-preparation with rotary or reciprocating files and passive ultrasonic irrigation (PUI). Twenty maxillary molars were prepared using ProTaper instruments up to F1. The teeth were filled with AH Plus and ProTaper gutta-percha points using the single-cone technique. Thereafter, the specimens were scanned using a micro-computed tomography system (Micro-CT #1). Then, the root canal filling was re...