Publications by authors named "Ankur M Patel"
Background: Although patients with peripheral neuroblastoma (NB; pelvic and thoracic) typically have better outcomes and less aggressive disease compared with patients with abdominal disease, little has been published with regard to the management and outcomes of patients with cervical NB. Herein, we sought to determine the characteristics of cervical neuroblastic tumors and the effect of extent of resection on survival and outcomes.
Methods: We performed a retrospective review of 325 children with neuroblastic tumors at Children's Hospital Los Angeles over a 15-y period (January 1990-February 2015).
Functional magnetic resonance imaging of hearing-impaired children under sedation before cochlear implantation.
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
July 2007
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to assess auditory function in young children with hearing impairment who are candidates for cochlear implants and are under sedation.
- Researchers tested the brain's response to various tones while conducting fMRI scans and found significant activation in the primary auditory cortex (A1) in most subjects.
- The level of A1 activation correlated strongly with post-implantation hearing improvements, suggesting that fMRI could potentially serve as a predictive tool for the success of cochlear implants in infants.
Studies of secular trends in adult height in rural pre-literate societies are likely to show no change owing to random measurement error in age. In such societies, adults lack birth certificates and guess when estimating their age. We assess the accuracy of perceived height of the same-sex parent to estimate secular trends.
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