INTRODUCTION Chronic cholesteatoma otitis media, apart from destruction of bones and possibility of otogenous complications, is characterized by possibility of recurrence of the disease after non radical treatment or presence of risk factors. AIM This paper intends to analyze changes typical for cholesteatoma, observed during otosurgery including the results of bacteriological investigations....

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PurposeTo evaluate outcomes of bilateral cataract surgery in children aged 7 to 24 months and compare rates adverse events (AEs) with other Toddler Aphakia Pseudophakia Study (TAPS) registry outcomes.DesignRetrospective clinical study at 10 Infant Treatment (IATS) sites. Statistical analyses comparing this cohort previously reported TAPS cohorts.ParticipantsChildren enrolled the between 2004 20...

Methods In this study 616 patients were evaluated (78% males, 22% females, Euroscore: 4.8±2.73, age: 65±8.91 years old). 1st group 316 patients (75% males, 25% females, Euroscore:4.9±2.77) underwent OPCAB was compared with 2nd group who underwent CABG (300 patients, 81% males, 19% females, Euroscore: 4.7±2.69) in terms of the amount revascularized vessels, amount of reoperations caused by posto...

Truncus arteriosus communis is a congenital heart malformation, which is usually repaired in the neonatal period or early infancy. Although results of repair are good, there is long-term morbidity caused by reoperations mainly owing to right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit exchange or stenosis at the pulmonary artery bifurcation as recently reported for Contegra conduits. We present a new...

Study Design Retrospective database study. Objective Navigation has been increasingly used to treat degenerative disease, with positive radiographic and clinical outcomes fewer adverse events reoperations, despite increased operative time. However, short-term analysis on treating adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery navigation is limited, particularly using large nationally represented cohorts....