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Bilateral vocal fold paralysis: causes and treatment – 12 years’ experience
Santos, Cláudia; Areias, Catarina; Neto, Mariana; Paupério, Anita; André, Carla; Antunes, LuisAim: To analyse the cases of bilateral vocal fold paralysis (BVFP) diagnosed by the ENT department at Hospital Garcia de Orta. To emphasize rare causes of this entity and its treatment. Study design: Retrospective study of BVFP cases diagnosed between January 2011 and December 2022. Materials and methods: Inclusion criteria: diagnosis of BVFP by an ENT with videonasolaryngoscopy documentation. Patients with pha...
Deep neck space infections: Risk factors related with length of stay and presen...
Ferreira, Filipa; São Pedro, Ricardo; Proença, Vitor; Antunes, LuisObjectives: Analyse risk factors related to length of stay in a selection of patients with cervical abscesses and identify predictors for complications. Study design: Retrospective study. Material and methods: Study of cervical abscesses in adults admitted to the ENT service at Hospital Garcia Orta from 2014 to 2019. Results and Conclusions: 146 patients were identified. Advanced age, comorbidities such as h...
Repair of the recurrent laryngeal nerve: Experimental study.
Silveira, Luís; Antunes, Luis; Silva, Severiano; Ferreira, David; Soares, Salviano; Pinto, Maria; Lebre, Pedro; Dionísio, Isabel; Serralheiro, PedroIntraoperative lesions of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) are rare, but have serious consequences. The authors present a new technique for repairing the RLN based on an experimental study using a vein-muscle graft between the tops of the RLN. The goal is to restore normal movements of the vocal cord. Nine animals were operated on, six in the nerve reconstruction group (NRG) and three in the control group (C...
Reprodução em equinos: Manual Prático
Varela Bettencourt, Elisa Maria; Antunes, Luis; Gonçalves, Ana Rita; Branco, Sandra; Rocha, AntónioA reprodução na espécie equina tem cada vez maior intervenção médico-veterinária em Portugal e no mundo. De modo a que o acompanhamento reprodutivo, de éguas e garanhões, possa ser efetuado de modo correto e permitindo uma maior eficácia, é indispensável assegurar uma adequada formação de todos os técnicos envolvidos no processo. A base de todo o acompanhamento reprodutivo é o conhecimento da anatomia e fisiolo...
Errata to the article “Treatment of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor...
Sampaio, Inês Lucena; Luíz, Henrique Vara; Violante, Liliana Sobral; Santos, Ana Paula; Antunes, Luis; Torres, Isabel; Sanches, CristinaArticle published with errors: https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/7306On page 732, Table 5, where it reads: Lanreótidoit should read: Octreótido; Artigo publicado com erros: https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/7306Na página 732, Tabela 5, onde se lê: LanreótidoDeverá ler-se: Octreótido
CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BREAST CANCERS DIAGNOSED IN PARTICIPANTS...
Bento, Maria José; Gonçalves, Guilherme; Aguiar, Ana; Antunes, Luis; Castro, Clara; Veloso, Vitor; Rodrigues, Vítor The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and pathological characteristics of the invasive breast cancers diagnosed in women participant in the beginning of breast cancer screening programme, compared to cancers detected in non-participants and in not invited women. Data was retrieved from the population-based North Region Cancer Registry and from the organized population-based Breast Cancer Scre...
TEVAR FOLLOWING A PENETRATING AORTIC ULCER COMPLICATED WITH A LATE PSEUDOANEURY...
Marinho, Andre; Mendes, Carolina Lobo; Rodrigues, Roger; Pereira, Bárbara; Moreira, Mário; Correia, Mafalda; Lima, Pedro; Antunes, Luis; Fonseca, ManuelIntroduction: The thoracic aortic diseases are a major cause contributing to the high mortality rate of the cardiovascular disease. Recent high resolution radiologic studies have allowed us to get new perspectives related to their etiopathogenesis and the different stages of the acute aortic syndrome (AAS). Clinical case: This case report is about a 51 years old male patient that was referred to the ER with a s...
Laryngeal Papillomatosis recurrence after surgical treatment
Ferraria, Lilia; Castro, Joana; Rodrigues, Hugo; André, Carla; Rosa, Maria Helena; Antunes, LuisAims: To analyze a case series of laryngeal papillomatosis (LP) at Hospital Garcia de Orta. To review the surgical and adjuvant treatment currently in use.Methods: Retrospective study of LP cases diagnosed between 2009 and 2014. Epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic parameters analysis.Results: There were 17 cases of LP, predominantly male (88,2%) with a mean age of 60,6±9,2 years. Addictions of 82% on toba...
Social simulation for optimizing policies of medical emergency services
Calado, Mateus Padoca; Antunes, LuisOften, public policies that have been issued can only be evaluated after they have been implemented. The prior simulation of these policies has several benefits: the design can be adjusted more accurately to the objectives of the policy makers; the policies can better reflect the motivations of the individuals involved in several roles (users, doctors, nurses, civil servants, auditors, policy makers); the micro...
Relationship between biomarkers of cartilage in serum and degenerative joint di...
Monteiro, Susana; Lepage, OM; Antunes, Luis; Damásio, Liliane; Branco, Sandra; Oliveira, M; Bettencourt, ElisaIntroduction: Cartilage degradation biomarkers are a potential tool for early diagnosis of degenerative joint disease (DJD). In young horses, Coll2-1 and Coll2-1NO2 have been studied in serum and reported to be useful in the assessment of joint disease. Fib3-2 has been described to be higher in serum of humans with osteoarthritis but was never assessed in horses. The aim of the current study was to evaluate bio...