Surgical Treatment for Cranio-Cervical Lesions

Transoral Surgery for Cranio-cervical Junction Compression

Surgical Outcome for Hemodialysis-Related Upper Cervical Lesions

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study. PURPOSE To investigate the surgical outcome for hemodialysis-related upper cervical lesions. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Surgical outcome of lower cervical lesions in patients undergoing hemodialysis has been reported. However, surgical outcome for upper cervical lesions in hemodialysis patients is unclear. METHODS Upper cervical lesions in nine patients und...

Cervical surgical techniques for the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy.

OBJECT The objective of this systematic review was to use evidence-based medicine to compare the efficacy of different surgical techniques for the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). METHODS The National Library of Medicine and Cochrane Database were queried using MeSH headings and keywords relevant to anterior and posterior cervical spine surgery and CSM. The guidelines group...

Screening for cervical cancer and precancerous lesions in Tabriz

 Abstract Background: Cervical cancer is the most common female genital tract malignancy and is the major cause of death from gynecologic cancer worldwide. The majority of cervical cancers develop through a series of gradual, precancerous lesions. Screening asymptomatic women with regular Pap smears allows diagnosis of the readily treatable preinvasive phase. We performed this study to determin...

Surgical versus non-surgical endodontic re-treatment for periradicular lesions.

BACKGROUND Though success rates of endodontic initial treatment have been improving over the years, persistence of periapical disease is far from being a rare condition. The most common therapeutical options for the re-treatment of teeth with periapical pathosis are non-surgical orthograde treatment and surgical treatment. Selection between alternative treatments should be based on assessment o...