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Structured mentorship enables novice surgeons to achieve acceptable outcomes in microsurgical aneurysm clipping: an argument for training the next generation.
[OBJECTIVE] To evaluate the impact of surgeon experience on microsurgical aneurysm clipping outcomes and assess whether structured training enables novice surgeons to achieve technical and clinical parity with experts despite declining open…
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Analysis of functional urological surgery trends 2013-2024 in England using the HES database.
[OBJECTIVE] To review recent trends in common functional urology surgery in England, using the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) database. [PATIENTS AND METHODS] Data between 2013 and 2024 were obtained from the HES database, a publicly av…
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Effect of Botulinum toxin on non-motor symptoms in adult-onset idiopathic focal/segmental dystonia.
[BACKGROUND] Non-motor symptoms, including depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, pain and cognitive dysfunction, are a much more important predictor of quality of life than the severity of dystonia. [OBJECTIVES] To assess the effect of …
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Surgical Management of Large (≥3 cm) Trigeminal Schwannomas: Functional Outcomes and Approach Selection in Multicompartmental Schwannomas.
Trigeminal schwannoma surgery has shown a remarkable improvement in functional recovery and tumor resection. In the era of radiosurgery, these outcomes need to be characterized for tumors which are outside the realm of being treated with r…
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Abdominal subcutaneous fat thickness as a substitute for BMI in predicting complications in abdominally-based autologous breast reconstruction.
[INTRODUCTION] Patient selection for autologous tissue transfer for postmastectomy breast reconstruction often utilizes body mass index (BMI) to risk stratify patients, though it only estimates fat content and does not address fat distribut…
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Short- and Long-Term Outcomes following Severe Traumatic Lower Extremity Reconstruction: The Value of an Orthoplastic Limb Salvage Center to Racially Underserved Communities.
[BACKGROUND] Previous studies have demonstrated that nonwhite race and disadvantaged socioeconomic status negatively impact outcomes following lower extremity reconstruction. The authors sought to characterize differences in outcomes betwee…
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Spectrum of Truncal Dystonia and Response to Treatment: A Retrospective Analysis.
[BACKGROUND] Presence of truncal dystonia usually points to a secondary cause of dystonia like exposure to dopamine receptor blockers or neurodegenerative illness. Rarely, it can occur as an idiopathic focal or segmental dystonia. [METHODS…
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A systematic review of botulinum toxin in the management of patients with temporomandibular disorders and bruxism.
Introduction The medical and cosmetic use of botulinum toxin (BTX) is now widespread. With an increased number of clinicians adopting the use of BTX in the management of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and/or bruxism, as either a standalo…
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Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation: Two Additional Cases with Dystonic Opisthotonus.
[BACKGROUND] Specific phenomenology and pattern of involvement in movement disorders point toward a probable clinical diagnosis. For example, forehead chorea usually suggests Huntington's disease; feeding dystonia suggests neuroacanthocytos…
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Systematic Review of Pharmacologic Treatments of Pain After Spinal Cord Injury: An Update.
[OBJECTIVE] To update a systematic review of published research on pharmacotherapy for pain post-spinal cord injury (SCI). [DATA SOURCES] PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, and PsycINFO databases were searched for articles from 2009 to Septem…
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Incisionless otoplasty: a reliable and replicable technique for the correction of prominauris.
[IMPORTANCE] This study evaluates the postoperative outcomes achieved with incisionless otoplasty for the correction of prominauris. [OBJECTIVE] To determine whether incisionless otoplasty is a reliable and replicable technique in correcti…
- A review of litigation in plastic surgery in England. Lessons learned.