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Open AccessEmborrhoid technique performed on a patient with portal hypertension and chronic hemorrhoidal bleeding as a salvage therapy
Hemorrhoidal disease most commonly manifests itself with chronic rectal bleeding and, in its most severe and refractory forms, may lead to chronic anaemia with the need for recurrent blood transfusions. The ma...
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Middle ear congenital cholesteatoma: systematic review, meta-analysis and insights on its pathogenesis
Congenital cholesteatoma (CC) presents as a white pearl-like lesion behind a normal tympanic membrane (TM), without a history of otorrhea, infection, perforation or previous otologic surgery. Several recent st...
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Lesser Palatine Nerve Block in Peritonsillar Abscess Drainage: a Prospective and Controlled Study
Determine the efficacy of the lesser palatine nerve block (LPNB) in pain management during and after peritonsillar abscess (PTA) drainage. A single-center, prospective, controlled study conducted in a tertiary...
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Pars tensa and tympanicomalleal joint: proposal for a new anatomic classification
The tympanic membrane (TM) belongs to the ear. Despite its place in the ear anatomy, can we give it also a different anatomic classification? The main objective is to clarify the nature of TM, tympanic bone an...
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Management of Asymptomatic Wolff–Parkinson–White Pattern in Young Patients: Has Anything Changed?
The approach to pediatric asymptomatic Wolff–Parkinson–White (WPW) patients is controversial. The objective of this review is to update the last consensus of specialists of the Pediatric and Congenital Electro...
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New Otologic Features and Surgical Treatment in Two Patients with Kabuki Syndrome
The purpose of this study is to describe otological features of two patients with Kabuki syndrome and hearing loss not previously described in medical literature and present the surgical treatment performed an...
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Unsafe Drug Use and Arrhythmic Events in Brugada Patients with ICD: Results of a Long-Term Follow-Up
Brugada syndrome is a hereditary disease linked with an increased risk of sudden death that may require an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in order to halt the arrhythmic events. The aim of this s...
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Outcomes after cryoballoon or radiofrequency ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation: a multicentric propensity-score matched study
Recent data show no benefit of additional ablation beyond pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). Evidence suggests that radiofrequency energy (RF) and cryoballoon (CRYO) have co...
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Open AccessProceedings of the 3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congress
S1 Health literacy and health education in adolescence
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Open AccessEffectiveness analysis of an internet-based intervention for overweight adolescents: next steps for researchers and clinicians
The development of effective strategies for the management of overweight in adolescence is a well recognized need. The current study investigates the effectiveness of an e-therapeutic platform (Next.Step) whic...
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Open AccessControlled trial of an Internet-based intervention for overweight teens (Next.Step): effectiveness analysis
Adolescent obesity is a major health problem. The need for effective adolescent weight management programs is of high clinical and public health relevance. This study evaluates the effectiveness of an e-therap...
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Open AccessA 72-year-old woman with an uncorrected tetralogy of Fallot presenting with possible pulmonary endocarditis: a case report
Tetralogy of Fallot is one of the most common forms of cyanotic congenital heart disease and in the absence of surgical correction it has an elevated early mortality, with most patients dying in childhood.
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Open AccessPseudoaneurysm inside of a true aneurysm
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysms and true aneurysms are two possible complications of myocardial infarction. However, while pseudoaneuryms require urgent surgical resection, true aneuryms can often be managed ...
