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A Neurological Paraneoplastic Syndrome in a Patient Affected by Severe Obesity: A Case Report
Obese women experience a greater occurrence of tumors that impact the reproductive system, frequently leading to delayed diagnosis because of postponed access to medical care and unconventional manifestations....
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Percutaneous vertebroplasty and balloon kyphoplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures: a prospective randomized comparison
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) and balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.
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Open AccessSevere eosinophilic asthma and aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease associated to eosinophilic gastroenteritis treated with mepolizumab: a case report
Mepolizumab (MEP) is the first anti Interleukin (IL)-5 add-on therapy approved for the treatment of severe refractory eosinophilic asthma.
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Open AccessA Rationale for the Use of Clotted Vertebral Bone Marrow to Aid Tissue Regeneration Following Spinal Surgery
Vertebral body bone marrow aspirate (V-BMA), easily accessible simultaneously with the preparation of the site for pedicle screw insertion during spinal procedures, is becoming an increasingly used cell therap...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Recurrent pregnancy loss is associated to leaky gut: a novel pathogenic model of endometrium inflammation?
Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported updated affiliations for five of the authors. The updated affiliations are shown below and reflected in the affiliation list of this Corr...
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Open AccessRecurrent pregnancy loss is associated to leaky gut: a novel pathogenic model of endometrium inflammation?
Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) occurs in 3–5% in about 30% of cases no cause can be found. Women with RPL show higher prevalence of undiagnosed gut disorders. Furthermore, in endometrial tissues of RPL women, ...
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Anatomy of the Subaxial Cervical Spine
The cervical spine is a deep anatomical structure centrally located in the axial view of the neck and surrounded by a thick and powerful muscular compartment. It is surrounded and contained by the deep layer o...
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Exemplificative Cases in Cervical Spine
Fourteen-year-old female, progressive neck pain in the nuchal area radiating to the head with painful contracture of the right paraspinal musculature. Pain was unrelated to weight-bearing and was increasing du...
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Cervical Spine Instrumentation
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is often used as a surgical treatment for cervical degenerative disorders. Numerous long-term follow-up studies have shown that is effective in case of cervical m...
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Surgical Planning in Cervical Spine Oncologic Patients
Primary bone tumors of the spine are very rare [1]; they comprise only 10 % or less of all bone tumors. In the United States, about 7,500 new cases are estimated per year. The overall world occurrence can be e...
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Posterior Approach to Cervical Spine
In the neck, the spine takes up the mid-part of the cross-sectional area, and its posterior aspect is surrounded by a thick layer of powerful muscles (see §2. Anatomy).
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Anesthesiological Management and Patient Positioning
Prior to the surgery, reproduction of symptoms with extension of the neck should be assessed. Extension may help for better exposure and visualization. However, the severity of stenosis may limit the amount of...
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Nickel Free-Diet Enhances the Helicobacter pylori Eradication Rate: A Pilot Study
The Helicobacter pylori eradication rate with standard triple therapy is very low. H. pylori is known to require the nickel-containing metalloenzymes urease and NiFe-hydrogenase to survive at the low pH environme...
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cDNA-Microarray Analysis as a New Tool to Predict Lymph Node Metastasis in Gastric Cancer
The aim of the present study was to investigate whether microarray gene expression analysis can be used to predict lymph node status in gastric cancer.
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The prevalence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and methane production in patients with myelomeningocele and constipation
Prospective study.
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Navigation-assisted surgery for tumors of the spine
Computer-assisted navigation systems are largely used for pedicle screws positioning in degenerative and traumatic spine surgery. In oncologic spine surgery its use is still develo** and could be extended fo...
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Differentiating hepatocellular carcinoma from dysplastic nodules at gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced hepatobiliary-phase magnetic resonance imaging
We evaluated whether the addition of delayed phase imaging (DPI) gadobenate dimeglumine-enhanced MRI to dynamic postcontrast imaging improves the characterization of small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and th...
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Open AccessMinimally invasive posterior stabilization for treating spinal tuberculosis
We describe a case of dorsal–lumbar vertebral tuberculosis (Pott’s disease) first treated with antibiotic therapy, bed rest, and cast. After 2 months of treatment patient’s symptoms worsened. Minimally invasiv...
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Single-step multimodal locoregional treatment for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: balloon-occluded percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation (BO-RFA) plus transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE)
This study was undertaken to evaluate the feasibility, safety and efficacy of a new combined single-step therapy in patients with unresectable multinodular unilobar hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), with at leas...
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Le neoplasie del tratto lombare: trattamento chirurgico
Primary tumors of the lumbar spine are very rare and can be treated by an oncologically appropriate surgery if properly diagnosed and staged. Surgical treatment is greatly conditioned by generally unresectable...
