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AUTHOR
G La Barbera
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Microclimatic conditions and Environmental differences of Sicilian coastal areas and Ixodidae phenology
2008
ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR,BUT NOT OXYTOCIN, PRESENCE IN ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES OF HUMAN COMMON CAROTID
2009
Survey of ecology and pathogenicity of Hyalomma lusitanicum population in the Natural Oriented Zingaro Reserve (TP): preliminary results
2007
Evoluzione della biodiversita’ vegetale in alcuni siti pedologici ad eucalyptus in seguito all’utilizzazione forestale
2008
Abdominal aortic aneurysm with congenital ectopic kidney and aberrant renal arteries
2011
Kinking, coiling, and tortuosity of extracranial internal carotid artery: is it the effect of a metaplasia?
2006
INTRODUCTION: Morphological anomalies of the extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) cause symptomatic cerebrovascular insufficiency in 4-16% of the cases. The aim of the present study is to evaluate macroscopic and microscopic features of a group of extracranial ICA anomalies, specifically kinking, coiling, and tortuosity, eventually affecting the surgical approach. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From January 2003 to December 2005, 10 out of 169 (6%) revascularized patients (pts) were operated upon because of an ICA anomaly. They were all but two symptomatics. Seven pts were treated by ICA transection and end-to-side reimplantation of the ICA at the level of the carotid bulb; three pts were tre…