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Abstract Background Patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) are at risk of developing craniocervical instability (CCI). Iatrogenic causes of CCI in hEDS are underreported. We describe a case series of hED...

Abstract Background Patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma are receiving adjuvant radio(chemo)therapy as standard of care, according to national guidelines. However, patients with human papi...

Oral candidiasis is the most common opportunistic fungal infection in patients undergoing head and neck radiotherapy (RT). The present study is aimed at provide the best treatment for patients undergoing RT by determinin...

Introduction: Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) is among the most prevalent malignancies worldwide, with poor survival outcomes despite advances in multimodal therapy. Tumour immune evasion through the Progra...

Abstract Personalized treatment in head and neck cancer remains limited despite substantial biological heterogeneity. Using the SuPerTreat project as a case study, we outline a prototype clinical decision support system ...

Abstract Background Neck pain (NP) is a common disabling condition, often associated with forward head posture (FHP) and hamstring tightness. There is limitation in evidence regarding the intrarater and interrater reliab...

Horner’s syndrome is a rare complication of thyroid surgery and is most commonly reported as a complication associated with lateral neck dissection. We present the case of a 46-year-old woman who developed a partial Ho...

This research is focused on changes of voice and the voice quality before radiotherapy treatment and in time of one year after external radiotherapy (RT) in the neck area of Czech patients and to compare measurement for ...

Background: Chronic lymphedema is a common late effect after completion of head and neck cancer (HNC) treatment, contributing to substantial symptom burden and negatively impacting quality of life. No effective approache...

Background: Lymphovenous anastomosis (LVA) has recently emerged as a potential method for the symptomatic management of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Building on this, we conceptualize the "dynamic neck LVA" (Dn-LVA) to il...

One of the most successful orthopedic procedures performed remains the total hip arthroplasty. Primary total hip arthroplasty eliminates pathologic joint arthritis and provides pain relief, allowing for increased mobilit...

The aim of the study was to estimate the relationship between bladder neck hypermobility as assessed by ultrasound and the occurrence of stress urinary incontinence as measured with the UDI-6 questionnaire in primiparous...

ABSTRACT Objective Identifying the risk factor for occurrence of trochanteric/femoral neck fractures has always been difficult and crucial for prognosis of the diseases. The goal of this study is to evaluate the differen...

Aim: This study aimed to compare the clinical and radiological outcomes of cemented versus cementless femoral stems in patients undergoing hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fractures.Material and Methods: This study incl...

Determinou-se a composição de partes da carcaça - pescoço, dorso e pés de aves -, e sua digestibilidade, usadas para cães nas formas crua e cozida. Os animais, pesados antes e depois do período experimental, foram...

Manual Gross Tumor Volume (GTV) delineation for radiotherapy is time‑consuming and prone to inter‑observer variability. Deep Learning (DL)-based auto‑segmentation offers faster and more consistent solutions, but tr...

Cervical radiculopathy is a common condition that typically occurs as a result of nerve root or roots compression and inflammation in the region of the neural foramen. The encroachment normally causes neck and radiating ...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a DNA virus with oncogenic potential. Persistent infections with high-risk HPV genotypes can drive malignant transformation in multiple tissues, resulting in distinct HPV-associated cancers....

Abstract Background Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a relevant cancer entity with two main risk factors. Human papilloma virus (HPV)-positive ones are induced by virus infection and generally have a good...

We introduce two-dimensional periodic arrays that are a variant of the de Bruijn tori. We call them nested perfect arrays. Instead of asking that every array of a given size has exactly one occurrence, we partition the p...

Introduction. Skin tags are known to be associated with several systemic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, obesity, dyslipidemia and cardiovascular diseases. Only a few Indian studies have investigated patients with ...

Here, a fifty nine year old woman with extrapulmonary tuberculosis and pyogenic infection involving cervical spine is presented. The patient had chronic renal failure and was on maintenance hemodialysis for two years. Sh...

One of the most severe consequences of two wheeler accidents is the occurrence of head and spinal injuries, which often cause long term disability or even death. The cervical spine, located in the neck area, is particula...

OBJETIVOS: verificar a sensibilidade, especificidade e acurácia de medidas ultra-sonográficas da bexiga e uretra no diagnóstico da incontinência urinária de esforço (IUE). MÉTODOS: o encurtamento da uretra, o abai...