Transoral thyroidectomy: a viable surgical option with unprecedented complications—a case series

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (7) ◽  
pp. 809-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Bakkar ◽  
M. Al Hyari ◽  
M. Naghawi ◽  
C. Corsini ◽  
P. Miccoli
Keyword(s):  
Case Series ◽  
Transoral Thyroidectomy ◽  
Surgical Option

Outcome After Surgical Treatment of Calcaneal Osteomyelitis

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 562-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix W. A. Waibel ◽  
Alexander Klammer ◽  
Tobias Götschi ◽  
Ilker Uçkay ◽  
Thomas Böni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Case Series ◽  
C Reactive Protein ◽  
Level Of Evidence ◽  
Index Procedure ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Knee Amputation ◽  
Surgical Options ◽  
Secondary Amputation ◽  
Surgical Option

Background: Surgical procedures for calcaneal osteomyelitis are partial calcanectomy (PC), total calcanectomy (TC), and below-knee amputation (BKA). With calcaneal osteomyelitis, limb-saving surgery was described to have secondary BKA rates of 4% to 20%, while secondary amputation rates after BKA are unknown. The aim of this study was to describe and compare overall revision and secondary amputation rates for each surgical option in our institution’s cohort and to identify risk factors for secondary amputation. Methods: Fifty patients treated between 2002 and 2017 were included. Revisions, secondary amputations, and possible risk factors for secondary amputation and overall revision were statistically analyzed. Results: Minor revisions rates were 57.1% in PCs, 100% in TCs, and 27.8% in BKAs. Secondary amputation was performed in 28.6% of the PCs, in 50% of the TCs, and in 5.6% of the BKAs. No statistically significant differences between overall revision and secondary amputation rates were found. C-reactive protein values greater than 5 mg/L at the index procedure were significantly associated with overall revision while we could not identify risk factors for secondary amputation. Conclusion: This study represents the largest group of patients treated for calcaneal osteomyelitis in the literature. In limb-preserving surgical options, secondary BKA rates are higher than previously known. Primary BKA is a procedure with a low reamputation rate of 5.6%. PC can be considered, with 28.6% needing more proximal amputation. In TC, all patients underwent revision surgery and 50% had to undergo secondary BKA. Therefore, we hesitate to consider total calcanectomy as a surgical option in calcaneal osteomyelitis anymore. Level of Evidence: Level IV, case series.

348. A Novel Surgical Option for Reversal of Hartmann's Procedure - Single-institution Case Series

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 838-839
Author(s):  
R. Tamrazov ◽  
Y. Barsukov ◽  
S. Gordeyev ◽  
Y. Timofeev ◽  
Z. Mammadli
Keyword(s):  
Case Series ◽  
Hartmann’S Procedure ◽  
Single Institution ◽  
Hartmann's Procedure ◽  
Surgical Option

The combined endonasal and transoral approach for the management of skull base and nasopharyngeal pathology: a case series

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. E2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satyan B. Sreenath ◽  
Rounak B. Rawal ◽  
Adam M. Zanation
Keyword(s):  
Skull Base ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Feasibility Studies ◽  
Transoral Approach ◽  
Endonasal Approach ◽  
Minimally Invasive Surgical ◽  
Expanded Endonasal Approach ◽  
Head And Neck Pathology ◽  
Surgical Options ◽  
Surgical Option

The posterior skull base and the nasopharynx have historically represented technically difficult regions to approach surgically given their central anatomical locations. Through continued improvements in endoscopic instrumentation and technology, the expanded endonasal approach (EEA) has introduced a new array of surgical options in the management of pathology involving these anatomically complex areas. Similarly, the transoral robotic surgical (TORS) approach was introduced as a minimally invasive surgical option to approach tongue base, nasopharyngeal, parapharyngeal, and laryngeal lesions. Although both the EEA and the TORS approach have been extensively described as viable surgical options in managing nasopharyngeal and centrally located head and neck pathology, both endonasal and transoral techniques have inherent limitations. Given these limitations, several institutions have published feasibility studies with the combined EEA and TORS approaches for a variety of skull base and nasopharyngeal pathologies. In this article, the authors present their clinical experience with the combined endonasal and transoral approach through a case series presentation, and discuss advantages and limitations of this approach for surgical management of the middle and posterior skull base and nasopharynx. In addition, a presentation is included of a unique, simultaneous endonasal and transoral dissection of the nasopharynx through an innovative intraoperative setup.

Abstract #856 A Case Series Review of Clinical and Biochemical Characteristics of Pituitary Abcess in Mexican Patients

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 202-203
Author(s):  
Mireya Perez-Guzman ◽  
Alfredo Nava de la Vega ◽  
Arturo Pena Velarde ◽  
Tania Raisha Torres Victoria ◽  
Froylan Martinez-Sanchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Series ◽  
Biochemical Characteristics ◽  
Mexican Patients

Cannabis-associated arteritis

VASA ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grotenhermen
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Cardiovascular Effects ◽  
Causative Factor ◽  
Cannabis Use ◽  
Thromboangiitis Obliterans ◽  
Pathological Features ◽  
Scientific Support ◽  
Clinical And Pathological Features

Background: To investigate the hypothesis that cases of arteritis similar to thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) and associated with the use of cannabis were caused by cannabis or THC (dronabinol), or that cannabis use is a co-factor of TAO. Patients and methods: A systematic review on case reports and the literature on so-called cannabis arteritis, TAO, and cardiovascular effects of cannabinoids was conducted. Results: Fifteen reports with 57 cases of an arteritis associated with the use of cannabis and two additional case series of TAO, in which some patients also used cannabis, were identified. Clinical and pathological features of cannabis-associated arteritis do not differ from TAO and the major risk factor of TAO, tobacco use, was present in most, if not in all of these cases. The proposed pathophysiological mechanisms for the development of an arteritis by cannabis use are not substantiated. Conclusions: The hypothesis of cannabis being a causative factor or co-factor of TAO or an arteritis similar to TAO is not supported by the available evidence. The use of the term “cannabis arteritis” should be avoided until or unless more convincing scientific support is forthcoming.

Online STD Case Series

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Case Series

Propranolol Weakens Trauma-Related Psychophysiological Arousal: A Case Series

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilie Thomas ◽  
Joaquin Poundja ◽  
Alain Brunet ◽  
Jacques Tremblay
Keyword(s):  
Case Series ◽  
Psychophysiological Arousal
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