First reports of envenoming by South American water snakes Helicops angulatus and Hydrops triangularis from Bolivian Amazon: A one-year prospective study of non-front-fanged colubroid snakebites.

Toxicon ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huber Villca-Corani ◽  
Beatriz Nieto-Ariza ◽  
Raúl León ◽  
José A. Rocabado ◽  
Jean-Philippe Chippaux ◽  
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Author(s):  
E Kytö ◽  
E Haapio ◽  
I Kinnunen ◽  
H Irjala

Abstract Objective This prospective study aimed to evaluate possible diagnostic delays in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma recurrences due to the changed follow-up protocol during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Methods The follow-up appointments of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients treated more than one year prior to the pandemic were changed to telephone appointments in order to reduce physical visits to the hospital. All contacts, reasons for contact and recurrent cancers were recorded. Results There were 17 recurrences during a seven-month study period among 178 patients treated in the previous year (10 per cent); 14 of these recurrences occurred in patients whose treatment had ended less than one year previously and 3 occurred more than one year after treatment had ended. There was no delay in diagnoses of recurrent tumours or treatment despite reduced visits because of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Conclusion According to our analyses, no delay was caused in the diagnoses of recurrent diseases. Follow up by telephone or telemedicine can be considered as part of the follow-up protocol one year after the treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma when necessary.


2008 ◽  
Vol 122 (10) ◽  
pp. 1088-1091 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Jayashankar ◽  
K P Morwani ◽  
M J Shaan ◽  
S R Bhatia ◽  
K T Patil

AbstractGold eyelid implantation is widely considered the procedure of choice to reanimate the upper eyelid in paralytic lagophthalmos. Commercially supplied implants are not readily available in all places and are sometimes cumbersome to import.Objective:We aimed to devise a method whereby every surgeon performing gold eyelid implantation could have easy and quick access to the implant. Furthermore, we aimed to develop a means of creating an implant of the exact weight required for complete eyelid closure.Study design and setting:A prospective study was performed from 1997 to 2005 in a tertiary research hospital, involving 50 subjects requiring gold upper eyelid implantation and using the technique in question.Results:Only patients with a minimum follow up of one year were included in the study group. Symptoms improved in 96 per cent of subjects, who were able to dispense with eyedrops and eye ointments. Visual acuity improved in 92 per cent of patients. There were two extrusions amongst the early cases.Conclusion and significance:Customised gold eyelid implantation offers an alternative in regions where commercial implants are not easily obtained.


Author(s):  
Athamaica Ruiz Oropeza ◽  
Annmarie Lassen ◽  
Susanne Halken ◽  
Carsten Bindslev-Jensen ◽  
Charlotte G Mortz

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 304-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azza A.G. Tantawy ◽  
Moustafa M.A. Barakat ◽  
Amira A.M. Adly ◽  
Fatma S.E. Ebeid ◽  
Manal F. El Shamaa ◽  
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1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Flammer ◽  
Y. Kitazawa ◽  
L. Bonomi ◽  
B. Mills ◽  
M. Fsadni ◽  
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The influences of Carteolol and Timolol eye drops on intraocular pressure (IOP) and visual fields were compared in a multi-center, double-masked, prospective study. Two-hundred and forty eyes of 120 patients were initially included in the study, and 142 eyes of 72 patients fulfilled all the criteria for final statistical analysis. Both drugs significantly reduced IOP. The visual fields in both treatment groups did not change during one year of treatment. In both groups some patients improved slightly, and others deteriorated slightly. This indicates that locally applied beta-blockers may efficiently stop further progression of visual field defects in cases with increased IOP and early visual field damage. There was no difference between Carteolol and Timolol in this regard. The side effects were minimal, and there were no differences in their frequency or intensity in the two treatment groups.


2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle Coppola ◽  
Yanning Liu ◽  
Srihari Gopal ◽  
Bart Remmerie ◽  
Mahesh N Samtani ◽  
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