PURPOSE The aim of the study was to assess the usefulness of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) in identifying anatomical variants of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) during thyroidectomies, with emphasis on the nerve's relationship to the inferior thyroid artery (ITA), Zuckerkandl's tubercle, nonrecurrent laryngeal nerves (NRLNs), and extralaryngeal bifurcation. METHODS A total of 128 ...

INTRODUCTION Thyroidectomy is a common procedure in general and endocrine surgery. The technique of ligation of inferior thyroid artery (ITA) has been invoked as a possible cause of appearance of postoperative hypocalcemia. METHODS We performed a prospective randomized study involving 184 patients undergoing total thyroidectomy to evaluate the differences of truncal ligation versus distal lig...

The aim of our study was to measure the flow in coronary artery bypass grafts and to compare the flow between two groups of patients. In group A the arterial revascularization was performed with both internal thoracic arteries using as a Y graft and in group B conventional revascularization using left internal thoracic artery (ITA) attached to the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and venou...

The internal thoracic artery (ITA) is the conduit of choice for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This study, utilizing a canine model, evaluates cryopreserved ITA. Sixteen ITAs were harvested and cryopreserved according to United CryoInstitute protocol. Test conduits, 5 cm long and 4 mm mean diameter, were anastomosed to the ligated carotid artery of an unmatched mongrel recipient, above...

The management of immediate-type allergy (ITA) is based on allergen avoidance, symptomatic pharmacological therapy and specific immunotherapy (SIT). Among these, SIT presents the only curative treatment. The efficacy of SIT in the treatment of IgE-mediated ITA has been proven in numerous clinical studies and is well established. This review discusses the relevance of immunoregulative humoral an...

We investigate the generation of charged inverse micelles in nonpolar surfactant solutions relevant for applications such as electronic ink displays and liquid toners. When a voltage is applied across a thin layer of a nonpolar surfactant solution between planar electrodes, the generation of charged inverse micelles leads to a generation current. From current measurements it appears that such c...

This report discusses the Martin Marietta Intelligent Task Automation Project (ITA). The purpose of the ITA project is to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) task planning, path planning, vision, and robotics technologies into a system designed to autonomously perform manufacturing tasks in dynamic or unstructured environments. The application domain chosen for primary demonstrations is dime...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate long-term survival and need for reintervention (redo CABG or percutaneous coronary artery transluminal angioplasty, PTCA) as a result of graft materials employed at the primary coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). SUBJECTS AND METHODS 2,327 patients who underwent primary CABG between 1980 and 1990 were followed with regard to survival and reintervention requirements ...

A novel molecular imprinting polymer (MIP) was prepared by bulk polymerization using sulpiride as the template molecule, itaconic acid (ITA) as the functional monomer and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as the crosslinker. The formation of the MIP was determined as the molar ratio of sulpiride-ITA-EGDMA of 1:4:15 by single-factor experiments. The MIP showed good adsorption property with ...