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  • Condition: Testicular Tumors (TT)
  • Journal: Cirugia pediatrica : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Cirugia Pediatrica
  • Treatment Used: Conservative Parenchymal Surgery
  • Number of Patients: 19
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This study evaluated conservative parenchymal (affecting the functional tissue of an organ) surgery in patients with testicular tumors (TT).
  • Condition: Epidermoid Cyst of the Uvula causing Dyspnea
  • Journal: Medicine
  • Treatment Used: Flexible Laryngoscopy
  • Number of Patients: 1
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This case report describes a 10-month old infant with an epidermoid cyst of the uvula that caused dyspnea.
  • Condition: Fourth Ventricular Lesions
  • Journal: Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
  • Treatment Used: Endoscopic-Assisted Craniotomy
  • Number of Patients: 9
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This study investigated the clinical outcomes of using an endoscopic-assisted craniotomy as resection for fourth ventricular lesions via a suboccipital median aperture approach.
  • Condition: Pilar Cyst on the Dorsum of Hand
  • Journal: Medicine
  • Treatment Used: Surgery
  • Number of Patients: 1
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The study researched the outcomes of a patient with pilar cyst on the dorsum of hand.
  • Condition: Large Abdominal-Wall Defect i(AWD) in Patients After Massive Weight Loss (MWL)
  • Journal: Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery
  • Treatment Used: Autologous Dermal Flap as Mesh Coverage
  • Number of Patients: 14
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This study presented experience in the reconstruction of large abdominal-wall defects (AWD) in patients after massive weight loss (MWL), using autogenous dermal flaps combined with a synthetic mesh.
  • Condition: Pediatric Congenital Buttock Sinus Tract
  • Journal: BMC pediatrics
  • Treatment Used: Total Excision
  • Number of Patients: 22
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This study reviewed experience with pediatric congenital buttock sinus tract and its treatment with total excision.
  • Condition: Giant Extradural Epidermoid Cyst
  • Journal: The Pan African medical journal
  • Treatment Used: Surgery
  • Number of Patients: 1
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The study researched the outcomes of a case of a giant extradural epidermoid cyst.
  • Condition: Complicated epidermoid cysts on the back
  • Journal: Scientific reports
  • Treatment Used: Keystone-design perforator island flaps
  • Number of Patients: 15
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The study researched using keystone-design perforator island flaps (skin grafts in the shape of an oval) on complicated epidermoid cysts on the back.
  • Condition: Deep-Seated Non-Skull Base Pathology
  • Journal: Acta neurochirurgica
  • Treatment Used: Infratranstentorial Subtemporal Approach (ITSTA)
  • Number of Patients: 9
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This study introduced an alternative, the skull base infratranstentorial subtemporal approach (ITSTA), which provides excellent exposure of the incisural area while minimizing risk to the temporal lobe for removal of non-skull base pathologies located in the difficult tentorial-incisural parabrainstem area.
  • Condition: Recurrent Intracranial Epidermoid Cysts without Malignant Transformation
  • Journal: Journal of neuro-oncology
  • Treatment Used: Radiotherapy (RT)
  • Number of Patients: 8
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This study reported a case series of adjuvant fractionated external beam radiotherapy (RT) for recurrent intracranial epidermoid cysts.
  • Condition: Epidermal Cysts
  • Journal: Dermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [et al.]
  • Treatment Used: Rectangular Lid Excision Versus Elliptical Excision
  • Number of Patients: 123
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The study compared the outcomes of rectangular lid excision versus elliptical excision in epidermal cysts.
  • Condition: Cerebellopontine Angle Epidermoid Cyst Extending Into Meckel's Cave
  • Journal: Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.)
  • Treatment Used: Combined Transpetrosal Approach With Preservation of Superior Petrosal Vein Drainage
  • Number of Patients: 1
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This operative video and article discusses a 31-yr-old woman diagnosed with a left cerebellopontine angle epidermoid cyst extending into Meckel's cave treated with combined transpetrosal approach with superior petrosal vein drainage.
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