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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Skull base"”.
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Intensity modulated radiotherapy for skull base meningioma
… nervous tumour (CNS) affecting mostly adults. Skull base meningiomas cause morbidity (and occasionally mortality) by compressing adjacent critical organs, and the aim of treatment is to optimise and preserve CNS function. Radiotherapy is an effective treatment for meningioma, with doses of …
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Radiotherapy for head and neck paragangliomas: A 10 year retrospective review 2005-2014 at Groote Schuur Hospital and UCT Private academic hospital
… that radiosurgery and radiotherapy management of skull-base paragangliomas is as effective as microsurgical resection and carries less morbidity. This 10 year retrospective review of 24 patients in a single institution, treated over 10 years assesses tumour control rates and morbidity associated …
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Perioperative cell salvage blood transfusions in endonasal angiofibroma surgery at Groote Schuur Hospital
… therefore, the standard of care for certain skull base tumours has become endoscopic transnasal resection. Other surgical disciplines often use cell salvage techniques, but review of the otolaryngology literature reveals very few case reports. General surgery procedures are often carried out …
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ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΟΨΙΜΗΣ ΜΕΤΑΓΕΝΝΗΤΙΚΗΣ ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΕΩΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΡΑΝΙΟΥ
… PATTERN OF GROWTH OF THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE SKULL IS DETERMINED. IN THE SECOND PART, THE RATE OF GROWTH OF THE SKULL IS COMPARED WITH THE RATE OF GROWTH OF OTHER ORGANS AND THE RATE OF GROWTH OF THE BODY AS A WHOLE. VARIOUS PARAMETERS OF THE SKULL WERE ESTIMATED IN THE PLAIN RADIOGRAMS OF 180 …
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Navigation with Local Sensors in Surgical Robotics
… allows to react to changes in the environment, based on persistent but incremental mapping. Furthermore, local sensors permit intra-operative sampling of additional information which may be unattainable before process execution, or available only with reduced precision. This work proposes to …
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Incorporating range uncertainty into proton therapy treatment planning
… certain adult cancers, including those of the skull base, spine and head and neck. Protons, unlike X-rays, have a finite range highly dependent on the electron density of the material they are traversing, resulting in a steep dose gradient at the distal edge of the Bragg peak. These …
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Caracterización sociodemográfica, clínica, paraclínica, terapéutica y de desenlaces tempranos de pacientes con tumores hipofisiarios en Bogotá 2018-2022
Introducción: Los tumores hipofisarios son neoplasias intracraneales que requieren de procedimientos complejos y sofisticados tanto para su diagnóstico como para su tratamiento. A pesar de la alta incidencia de estos tumores, existe una limitada evidencia respecto a las características clínicas de …