Meningoencephalocele Following Radical Ethmoid Surgery.

Spontaneous frontal intradiploic meningoencephalocele

BACKGROUND Since 1976, 10 cases of intradiploic encephaloceles have been reported in the literature. This case is the first report of a spontaneous intradiploic meningoencephalocele of the frontal bone hypothesized to be secondary to distant head trauma. CASE DESCRIPTION A 60-year-old female with a history of multiple traumatic head injuries as a child presenting with new onset generalized to...

Gallbladder Carcinoma: Radical Surgery?

Sensory neural hearing loss following Tympanomastoid surgery

Objective: Generated acoustic trauma by suction and drill may cause sensorineural hearing loss after Tympanomastoid surgery. This study was carried out to determine the relationship of sensorineural hearing loss and chronic otitis media surgery at Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences in Iran. Material and Methods: This prospective study included 386 patients of ch...

Erectile preservation following radical prostatectomy.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men, representing approximately 25% of all new cancer diagnoses in the USA. For clinically localized prostate cancer, the gold standard for therapy remains radical prostatectomy. One of the main adverse effects of this procedure is erectile dysfunction, which can have a significant impact on the patient's quality of life. There are several mechani...

Salvage radiotherapy following radical prostatectomy.

Recurrent disease following radical prostatectomy will occur in approximately 20% of patients, for whom the therapeutic options include surveillance, salvage radiotherapy, or hormonal therapy. This review will focus on the evidence for salvage radiotherapy. Efficacy results of 30-50% have been reported from multiple retrospective series, with minimal morbidity. Unfortunately there are no random...