Prognostic factors of spinal cord decompression sickness in recreational diving: retrospective and multicentric analysis of 279 cases.
Abstract: This study aims to determine the potential risk factors associated with the development of severe diving-related spinal cord decompression sickness (DCS). Two hundred and seventy nine injured recreational divers (42 ± 12 years; 53 women) presenting symptoms...
Current treatments for radiation retinopathy.
Abstract: to review the currently available therapeutic modalities for radiation retinopathy (RR), including newer investigational interventions directed towards specific aspects of the pathophysiology of this refractory complication. a review of the literature...
Current treatments for radiation retinopathy.
Abstract: to review the currently available therapeutic modalities for radiation retinopathy (RR), including newer investigational interventions directed towards specific aspects of the pathophysiology of this refractory complication. a review of the literature...
Prognostic factors and monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis: gram-positive versus gram-negative pathogens.
Abstract: Monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis is rapidly progressive and life-threatening. This study was undertaken to ascertain whether the clinical presentation and outcome for patients with this disease differ for those infected with a gram-positive as compared to...
Prognostic factors and monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis: gram-positive versus gram-negative pathogens.
Abstract: Monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis is rapidly progressive and life-threatening. This study was undertaken to ascertain whether the clinical presentation and outcome for patients with this disease differ for those infected with a gram-positive as compared to...
Paradigm shifts in the management of osteoradionecrosis of the mandible.
Abstract: Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the mandible is a significant complication of radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. In this condition, bone within the radiation field becomes devitalized and exposed through the overlying skin or mucosa, persisting as a...
Gastrointestinal toxicity associated to radiation therapy.
Abstract: Radiation therapy in combination with other treatments, such as surgery and chemotherapy, increases locoregional control and survival in patients with thoracic, abdominal and pelvic malignancies. Nevertheless, significant clinical toxicity with combined...
Optic neuropathy following radiotherapy for Cushing’s disease: case report and literature review.
Abstract: Radiation-induced optic neuropathy is a rare adverse effect of radiotherapy applied for the treatment of pituitary adenomas. We report a patient with a recurrent adrenocorticotrophin secreting pituitary adenoma who received external beam irradiation after...
Short-term fasting induces profound neuronal autophagy
Abstract Disruption of autophagy--a key homeostatic process in which cytosolic components are degraded and recycled through lysosomes--can cause neurodegeneration in tissue culture and in vivo. Upregulation of this pathway may be neuroprotective, and much effort is...