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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Neurosurgical Procedures"”.
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Crotalus Snake Venom Preconditioning to Prevent Surgical Brain Injury
… animal models. Given the elective nature of most neurosurgical procedures, the surgical brain injury (SBI) rodent model provides an ideal platform for preconditioning. Our work shows that preconditioning with Crotalus rattlesnake venom, known for its hemorrhagic and inflammatory effects, mitigates …
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Role of Therapeutic Devices in Enhancing Speech Intelligibility and Vocal Intensity in an Individual with Parkinson’s Disease
… several behavioral speech therapy programs and neurosurgical procedures. Speech intelligibility and average intensity measures under automatic, elicited, and spontaneous speech tasks were recorded pre- and postusage of APM and auditory masker for a period of 1 week each. Preliminary findings …
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Apple vision pro for intraoperative 3D tumor visualization and surgical guidance
… visualizing and localizing brain tumors during neurosurgical procedures. A complete workflow was developed to overlay a CT-derived 3D tumor model onto a patient-specific head surface mesh obtained using LiDAR scanning and machine-learning–based object tracking. A 3D-printed head phantom with an …
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Decontamination of prions, prion-associated amyloid and inefectivity from surgical stainless steel - implications for the risk of iatrogenic transmission of CJD
… transmission of CJD through both neurosurgical procedures and standard surgery.<br/><br/>This PhD study was undertaken in order to improve methods of instrument<br/>decontamination and to evaluate prion detection techniques and their applicability for the<br/>assessment of prion …
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Tethered Magnetic Serial Robots for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
… techniques for a wide variety of medical procedures. There is a significant demand for smaller, more manoeuvrable, surgical robot tools to reduce the invasiveness of neurosurgical procedures. A magnetic approach to surgical robots could enable smaller tools, but no viable magnetic robot …
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Variations in the circulus arteriosus cerebri in a South African cadaveric sample
… when planning and executing a range of neurosurgical procedures. There is little published data on this topic in a South African setting and further studies are recommended.
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A Parent's Guide to Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
The file named "Kristen_Bagnall_Dissertation.pdf" is the primary dissertation file. Five (5) supplemental handout files are also available.
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An Examination of Lumbar and Ventricular Cerebrospinal Fluid Findings in Children with Tuberculous Meningitis and Hydrocephalus
… patients with TBM and hydrocephalus who required neurosurgical procedures, their CSF temporal profiles, differentials between compartments, and factors that may influence these results. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted including data from two prospective TBM studies. …
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Neurosurgery in Resource-Poor Settings: Improving Access to Surgical Education and Outcomes Analysis of Spine Surgery in a Training Hospital in Cambodia
… pathology is a common reason for admission to neurosurgical units in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) and can have high morbidity rates from lack of specialized institutes. However, good surgical outcomes and quality of life scores have been reported in LMICs. OBJECTIVE: This study …