UTILITY OF PREOPERATIVE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL TESTING OF THE FACIAL NERVE IN PATIENTS WITH VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA.

Utility of preoperative electrophysiological testing of the facial nerve in patients with vestibular schwannoma.

PurposeThe aim of this study was to analyze the utility of various preoperative electrophysiological tests of the facial nerve CNVII in predicting CNVII function after vestibular schwannoma surgery.MethodsThis retrospective study included 176 patients who had preoperative facial nerve electroneurography and electrically evoked blink reflex testing.

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Comparative Evaluation of Seven Tigecycline Susceptibility Testing Methods for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae

Hongling Li, Mao Zhou, Xia Chen, Yawen Zhang, Zijuan Jian, Qun Yan, Wen-En Liu Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central Sand Dollar Parts South University, Changsha, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Wen-En LiuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha,

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Advances in the field of nanooncology

Abstract Nanooncology, the application of nanobiotechnology to the management of cancer, is currently the most important chapter of nanomedicine.Nanobiotechnology has refined and extended the limits of molecular diagnosis of cancer, for example, through the use of gold nanoparticles and quantum dots.Nanobiotechnology has also improved the discovery

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