M.G. Rugiu

Influence of Perioperative Transfusion Therapy on the Recurrence Potential of Locally Advanced Laryngeal Carcinoma

Guido Bongioannini, Marco Vercellino, M.G. Rugiu, Andrés J.M. Ferreri et autres

The present study was undertaken to determinate whether immunosuppression, induced by perioperative allogenic whole-blood transfusions (AWBTs), adversely affects prognosis after total resection of laryngeal cancer by promoting the appearance of recurrences. We studied 62 patients, aged 37-82 years with TNM stage III …

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Announcements

Heikki Aalto, Ilmari V. Pyykkö, Raija Ilmarinen, Erkki Kähkönen et autres

Announcement

Heikki Aalto, Ilmari V. Pyykkö, Raija Ilmarinen, Erkki Kähkönen et autres

Surgical approach to retrosternal goitre: do we still need sternotomy?

M.G. Rugiu, Marco Piemonte

Retrosternal goitre is defined as a goitre with a portion of its mass > or = 50% located in the mediastinum. Surgical removal is the treatment of choice and, in most cases, the goitre can be removed via a cervical approach. Aim …

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Role of videofluoroscopy in evaluation of neurologic dysphagia.

M.G. Rugiu

For many years, videofluoroscopy was considered the gold standard for studies on swallowing disorders, and only recently has its role been challenged, due primarily to the widespread use of videoendoscopy in the evaluation of dysphagia. Albeit, videofluoroscopy still maintains its key role …

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[Videofluoroscopic study of deglutition in patients with multiple sclerosis].

Cesare Miani, Am Bergamin, Paolo Passon, M.G. Rugiu et autres

Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease that affects the I/II motor neurons of the CNS and its symptoms include oropharyngeal dysphagia. The onset and course of this dysphagia significantly conditions the progression of the disease. The present study evaluates the incidence on …

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[Relations between pure-tone audiometry and cortical evoked auditory potentials].

Roberto Albera, G. Canale, M Magnano, Michelangelo Lacilla et autres

Slow vertex response (SVR) audiometry is presently one of the methods of choice in objective auditory threshold assessment. The aim of this study was to evaluate, as objectively possible, the relationship existing between the thresholds of SVR and or pure tone audiometry …

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