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Enhanced Facial Rejuvenation: Biostimulatory Effects of Hylan Gel Dermal Filler DX on Collagen Synthesis and Tissue Regeneration.
[BACKGROUND] Facial rejuvenation involves addressing the breakdown of collagen and elastin that occurs with aging. Hyaluronic acid (HA)-based dermal fillers have become a key non-invasive treatment, known for their volumizing effects and po…
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Microsurgery of Koos I-II vestibular schwannomas: a case series of 100 consecutive patients.
[BACKGROUND] Treatment of small vestibular schwannomas (VS) depends on size, growth pattern, age, symptoms, co-morbidities. Watchful waiting, stereotactic radiosurgery and microsurgery are three valid options of treatment. [METHODS] We rev…
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Refining Abdominoplasty: A Novel Technique for Umbilical Reconstruction.
[BACKGROUND] The umbilicus holds significant aesthetic and symbolic importance in abdominal contouring. Its position, shape, and overall appearance are pivotal in determining the success and patient satisfaction after abdominoplasty, althou…
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Vestibular schwannoma microneurosurgery in patients over 70: a single institution experience and proposal of a treatment algorithm.
[BACKGROUND] Elderly patients with vestibular schwannoma (VS) are commonly observed. [OBJECT] Retrospective analysis of 25 patients aging ≥ 70 operated on in our neurosurgical department for unilateral VS. The purpose of our study is to pr…
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Hypervascularized Large Vestibular Schwannomas: Single-Center Experience in a Series of Forty Cases.
[BACKGROUND] Vestibular schwannomas (VS) are usually hypovascularized benign tumors. Large VS (Koos grade IV) with unusual vascular architecture are defined as hypervascular (HVVS); the excessive bleeding during microsurgery has a negative …
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Surgical management of spinal schwannomas arising from the first and second cervical roots: Results of a cumulative case series.
[OBJECTIVE] Schwannomas of the first and second nerve roots are rare neurosurgical entities, harboring specific surgical features that make surgical resection particularly challenging and deserve specifics dissertations. This study is a ret…
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Microsurgical treatment of symptomatic vestibular schwannomas in patients under 40: different results before and after age of 30.
In 10-15% of cases of vestibular schwannoma (VS), age at diagnosis is 40 years or less. Little is known about the differences in natural history, surgical findings, and postoperative outcomes of such younger patients as compared to those of…
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Safeness and efficacy of 2-µm handheld thulium laser during microsurgical resection of supratentorial and infratentorial meningiomas: Experience of a single center.
[AIMS] We performed a retrospective nonrandomized study to analyze the results of a microsurgery of intracranial meningiomas using 2-μm thulium flexible handheld laser fiber (Revolix jr). [METHODS] From February 2014 to December 2021, 75 n…
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Koos grade IV vestibular schwannomas: considerations on a consecutive series of 60 cases-searching for the balance between preservation of function and maximal tumor removal.
Koos grade IV vestibular schwannomas (VS) (maximum diameter > 3 cm) compress the brainstem and displace the fourth ventricle. Microsurgical resection with attention to the right balance between preservation of function and maximal tumor rem…
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Postoperative Functional Preservation of Facial Nerve in Cystic Vestibular Schwannoma.
[OBJECTIVE] To retrospectively analyze clinical and surgical data of a consecutive series of 26 patients with unilateral cystic vestibular schwannomas. [METHODS] Tumors were classified as type A (central cyst) and type B (peripheral cyst) …
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Microvascular decompression for typical trigeminal neuralgia: Personal experience with intraoperative neuromonitoring with level-specific-CE-Chirp® brainstem auditory evoked potentials in preventing possible hearing loss.
[BACKGROUND] Permanent hearing loss after posterior fossa microvascular decompression (MVD) for typical trigeminal neuralgia (TTN) is one of the possible complications of this procedure. Intraoperative brainstem auditory evoked potentials (…
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Negative influence of preoperative tinnitus on hearing preservation in vestibular schwannoma surgery.
[BACKGROUND] Goals of vestibular schwannoma (VS) microsurgery are maximal resection, facial nerve (FN) preservation and in selected cases, hearing preservation (HP). Postoperative HP rates are related to clinical and radiographic factors: s…