... Abstract Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is one the most common and early endocrine complications in children and adolescent undergoing surgery for hypothalamic-pituitary neoplasm. Etiological factors include tumor mass effect, hypothalamic/pituitary damage caused by surgery and/or radiation...

... transsphenoidal surgery for GH-PitNETs, discusses the frequently complex preoperative evaluation of patients with acromegaly, and analyzes the challenging aspects of the disease, underling the importance of a multidisciplinary framework, which should include a dedicated team of surgeons (neuro- and ENT...

... Abstract Minimal Invasive Surgery (MIS) has developed as a surgical technique for the treatment of lesser toe pathologies. Being less aggressive and less radical than the open ones (arthrodesis, resection arthroplasties, tendon transfers), these techniques are performed through small portals...

... group. No significant differences were observed between the groups by any of the determined outcome parameters. Regarding patient satisfaction, statistically significant differences were found between MIS and open surgery 12 weeks postoperatively in favor of the MIS group ( p = 0.022). The authors...

...-inflammatory molecules. Several studies have demonstrated the feasibility and safety of hemoperfusion during cardiac surgery. They have suggested that the procedure could decrease cytokine levels in situations where they were elevated. However, further studies are required to determine the clinical indications...

... Abstract Integrated intraoperative anterior segment optical coherence tomography is an extremely valuable tool that can be used by corneal surgeons when performing pediatric lamellar corneal transplant surgery. This chapter will demonstrate its use in infants and children with a variety...

... Abstract Intraoperative portable handheld and microscope-integrated OCT enhance the pediatric vitreoretinal surgeon’s diagnostic abilities during examination under anesthesia and surgery, particularly in children who are challenging to examine preoperatively due to young age or ocular trauma...

... Abstract The advent of integrated intraoperative ocular coherence tomography (i 2 OCT) has opened the door for safer more complex surgeries of the retina and cornea. However, to limit its use to just two subspecialties within ophthalmology is an opportunity lost for many other subspecialties...