Ziv Gil

..For these tumors, nerves may provide a conduit for local cancer progression into the central nervous system. Although neural invasion is associated with poor outcome, the mechanism that triggers it is unknown...

..Development of contemporary surgical techniques and reconstructive means will help improve the quality of life of patients and prolong survival...

..The goal of this study was to demonstrate the efficacy of a simple and reliable technique for anterior skull base and craniofacial reconstruction in patients who have undergone excision of tumors via the subcranial approach...

..The necessity of routine dissection at level IV has recently been questioned. The purpose of this study was to find the incidence of level IV metastases in patients with transglottic and supraglottic SCC who underwent neck dissections...

..We describe our management to provide safe airway control in a severely dyspnoeic patient with unilateral vocal cord paralysis and a 1mm opening of the lower trachea...

..Untreated leak may result with meningitis, hydrocephalus, and abnormal neurocognitive development...

..Taken together, our results identify a paracrine response between EMΦs and PDA cells that orchestrates the formation of cancer nerve invasion...

..CONCLUSIONS: SPECT/CT SN mapping provides additional preoperative data of clinical relevance to SNB in patients with oral cavity SCC...

..The aims of this study were to determine the trends in survival of patients with anterior skull base cancer over several decades and to identify time-related changes in the demographic and clinical characteristics of this population...

..We tested the effectiveness of a temperature-controlled CO2 laser soldering system on a porcine model for dural defect reconstruction using a fascial patch...

..The utility of preoperative and postoperative whole body integrated positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) scanning for staging and follow-up in patients with skull base tumors is undetermined...

..To determine the rate and type of complications after craniofacial resection (CFR) during the most recent 10-year period in comparison to a historic control...

..It provides significant advantages over standard closure techniques: it is easy to apply, the bond is strong and watertight and the procedure is likely to be much faster than suturing. This research work will lead to clinical trials...

..We conclude that the extirpation of anterior skull base tumors via the subcranial approach is simple, reproducible and reliable, and is associated with reasonable complication rates...

..To evaluate patients' quality of life (QOL) after surgical extirpation of anterior skull base tumors, to elucidate different QOL domains, and to define possible predictors of functional outcome postoperatively...

..The goal of this study was to develop a disease-specific, multidimensional quality of life (QOL) assessment instrument for patients undergoing surgical extirpation of anterior skull base tumors...

..We investigated the carotid sheath as possibly responsible for such regional recurrences...

..Airway diversion should be indicated only when factors that might predispose the patient to risk of TP have been identified (ie, chronic cough or obstructive pulmonary diseases)...

..This study aimed to examine the surgical, oncologic, and developmental results of infants and children undergoing extirpation of skull base tumors...

..The goal of this study was to use a modified version of the CO2 laser-soldering system to develop a simple and reliable technique for the repair of dural defects after excision of brain tumors...

..This study was designed to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) of patients older than 75 years undergoing major head and neck surgery...

..To estimate the agreement between surgeons' and lay caregivers' quality-of-life (QOL) perceptions of patients undergoing major skull base surgery...

..The purpose of the current study was to investigate whether curcumin can sensitize squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) cells to the ionizing effects of irradiation...

..To analyze the long-term effects of subcranial surgery for anterior skull base tumors on facial growth...

..Skull base tumors are rare neoplasms and the cytogenetic data on these tumors are limited. The authors cytogenetically analyzed a large series of tumors and compared the findings with patients' pathologic data...