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Identification and Protection of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve during Transoral Robotic Thyroidectomy
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2025
The aim of this article is to present a method for identifying and protecting the recurrent laryngeal nerve during robotic thyroidectomy through the oral vestibular approach in the absence of the laryngeal nerve monitor.
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Tumor Treating Field Therapy in Combination with Bevacizumab for the Treatment of Recurrent Glioblastoma
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2014
A novel methodology that is employed for the treatment of recurrent glioblastomas is described. This treatment approach employs the application of alternating electric tumor treating fields (TTFields), known as TTF Therapy in combination with bevacizumab, a targeted agent that is currently FDA approved as monotherapy.
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Enhancing Drug Delivery in Recurrent Glioblastoma with Laser-Induced Hyperthermia
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2025
Begin with an anesthetized human patient diagnosed with recurrent glioblastoma, an invasive tumor characterized by tumor cell infiltration into the surrounding peritumoral region.The peritumoral region retains an intact blood-brain barrier (BBB), where tight junctions between endothelial cells restrict drug penetration.Make an incision in the scalp, create an opening in the skull, and insert a laser probe into the tumor core using MRI guidance.Deliver laser light through the probe.Tissue...
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Modeling Stroke in Mice: Permanent Coagulation of the Distal Middle Cerebral Artery
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2014
Various murine models of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) are widely used in experimental brain research. Here, we demonstrate the model of transcranial permanent distal MCAO which produces consistent cortical infarction of a size corresponding to damage imposed by the majority of human ischemic strokes.
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Recurrent Herpetic Stromal Keratitis in Mice, a Model for Studying Human HSK
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2012
Most studies of herpetic corneal disease use a primary infection model. However, primary infection with HSV-1 does not typically lead to human disease. Here we describe a recurrent model of herpetic corneal disease, which more closely mimics human disease.
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Thrombosis can obstruct a cerebral vessel where clot formation develops, whereas an embolism can carry material into a vessel from another location. Vessel rupture produces bleeding rather than flow blockage. These mechanisms create different forms of brain injury, so distinguishing them is important when researchers study neurological damage, recovery, disability, and appropriate preventive strategies after an earlier stroke.
Persistent vascular disease can leave the cerebral circulation vulnerable after the first stroke, while uncontrolled risk factors may continue to promote conditions associated with renewed blockage or bleeding. Their importance lies in their modifiable contribution to future risk. For this reason, recurrent stroke care emphasizes identifying and controlling these factors as part of secondary prevention.
A later stroke adds another episode of brain injury to an already affected nervous system. Studying these repeated events allows researchers to examine how injury patterns relate to recovery and disability over time. This perspective connects vascular mechanisms with neurological outcomes and helps clarify why long-term care must address both prevention of additional events and restoration of function.
Management focuses on secondary prevention, which means reducing the likelihood of another stroke after the initial event. The approach includes risk-factor control, preventive treatment, rehabilitation, and ongoing monitoring. Together, these measures target different parts of the problem: vascular susceptibility, future-event prevention, functional recovery, and detection of changes that may affect long-term neurological outcomes.
Long-term monitoring follows the factors that can contribute to another stroke as well as the person’s neurological recovery and disability. It is paired with risk-factor control and preventive treatment rather than used in isolation. In neuroscience and clinical care, this continuing assessment helps connect changes in vascular risk with functional outcomes after repeated brain injury.
Rehabilitation is relevant when repeated stroke-related injury affects neurological function or contributes to disability. Its role complements preventive treatment because care must address both the possibility of another vascular event and the consequences of earlier injuries. Researchers also use recovery patterns to study how the brain and nervous system respond across successive episodes of damage.
Research on recurrent stroke links the mechanism of renewed blockage or bleeding with patterns of brain injury, recovery, and disability. These observations support clinical decisions about risk-factor control, preventive treatment, rehabilitation, and monitoring. The resulting strategy is not limited to the acute event; it aims to reduce further strokes while improving long-term neurological outcomes.