Introduction: Subtotal Petrosectomy (SPT) is an effective and definitive solution in cases of recurrent chronic otitis media. The expansion of its indications demonstrates its usefulness and safety in resolving various challenging otologic pathologies. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study of 25 patients (26 ears) who underwent SPT was conducted. Data regarding the indication, surgical procedures perform...
A produção de medicamentos manipulados nas farmácias comunitárias é uma prática ancestral que continua a fazer sentido, por permitir a obtenção de medicamentos em dosagens e formas farmacêuticas que não estão disponíveis na indústria farmacêutica. O presente trabalho pretende assim caracterizar e retratar o panorama atual da produção de manipulados nas farmácias comunitárias de dois distritos em Portugal: Porto...
Objective: To report the experience of a tertiary center in the diagnostic approach, therapeutic decision and follow-up of patients with sporadic vestibular schwannoma. Material and Methods: Retrospective study of patients with sporadic vestibular schwannoma followed at Hospital Egas Moniz between 2007 and 2021. Demographic and clinical data, tumor classification, treatment decision and outcomes of 79 patients ...
Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the long-term quality of life after treatment with Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) in patients with Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS) and possible existence of clinical features that could influence that result. Methods: In this retrospective study, were included 75 patients with CRS submitted to FESS, between May of 2013 and October of 2014 at a tertiary...
One of the jewels in the collections of the Museu Nacional do Azulejo (National Museum of Azulejo) is a renaissance azulejo panel representing the Annunciation and the Adoration of the Shepherds, originally from Nossa Senhora da Vida (Our Lady of Life) chapel of the now demolished Santo André (Saint Andrew) church in Lisbon. Before the chapel was demolished, in 1845, the panel was removed and put in storage, wh...
Neste trabalho estuda-se um conjunto de fragmentos de azulejos hispano-mouriscos do espólio do Museu de Lisboa - Teatro Romano. Apresenta-se a caracterização química e morfológica dos vidrados e do corpo cerâmico e a caracterização mineralógica deste último. Os vidrados são plúmbicos, sendo que os de cor branca e azul devem a sua opacidade a SnO2 (4-11 %). As restantes cores apresentam teores de SnO2 inferiores...
This work intends to study a set of Hispano-Moresque tile fragments from the Lisbon Roman Theatre Museum collection. The chemical and morphological characterization of the glazes and the ceramic body was presented and also the mineralogical characterization of the latter. The glazes are plumbic, being the opacity of the white and blue colors due to SnO2 (4-11 %). The other colors present amounts of SnO2 lower t...
The Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Rosário is located in the cloister of the São Bento de Cástris monastery and shows off a blue and white tile panel with 6 tiles of height, representing the scenes of the Life of the Virgin in five panels: Adoration of the Shepherds, Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, Annunciation, Visitation and The Marriage of the Virgin. The authorship of this work is unknown and its date...
Mucormycosis is a rare but life threatening invasive mycosis caused by members of the Mucorales order. It usually develops in an immunocompromised host, mainly diabetics, but also in hematologic malignancies or transplanted patients. The usual clinical presentation of this fungal sinusitis is a combined rhino-orbital-cerebral infection and, despite the advances in combining antifungal and surgical treatment, it...
In order to aid research, improve preservation actions and develop better options for future interventions it is important to know the preservation materials and procedures adopted throughout the past and especially the ones being adopted nowadays. A survey to specialists working in situ in preservation and restoration of glazed decorative tiles has been performed aiming at getting insight on their type of trai...