OBJECTIVES To evaluate spheroid models of vestibular schwannoma (VS) size for bidirectional conversion of maximum diameter in the cistern and 3-dimensional volume. STUDY DESIGN Methodological study. SETTING Academic tertiary referral center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Magnetic resonance imaging studies from 91 patients with VS from 2003 to 2011 were analyzed. Linear measurements defining meatal...

Objective. To determine the most costeffective treatment for phimosis. Design. The costs of three treatment strategies for treating phimosis were evaluated using a decision-tree analysis. Three therapeutic approaches were considered: circumcision, preputial plasty (the use of plastic surgical techniques to enlarge the preputial opening without removing tissue), and topical therapy with steroids...

  Introduction: Tracheal stenosis is normally caused by trauma, infection, benign and malignant tumors, prolonged intubation or tracheostomy. The best treatment for tracheal stenosis is resection and anastomosis of trachea. Yet the major surgical complication of tracheal surgery is postoperative stenosis. The goal of this paper is to study the result of tracheal stenting as a replacement therap...

Methods CRS was diagnosed based on symptoms, nasal endoscopy and CT scan. Sinonasal mucosa (uncinate process) or middle meatal polyp tissue were obtained from 31 untreated CRS patients (18 CRSwNP and 13 CRSsNP) and analyzed histopathologicaly and by flow cytometry. Patients were subsequently treated medically and if unresponsive surgically. The average follow up duration was 15,8 ± 4,6 months a...

background: the incidence of stroke after coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) is between 0.9% and 6.7%, which significantly increases in-hospital and out-hospital costs. this study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of significant carotid stenosis and its risk factors in cabg. methods: in total, 2044 consecutive patients undergoing elective cabg were investigated through a pre-operative...