Publications by authors named "Elke Steinmeier"
Background: This study is an evaluation of wound healing in an animal model for surgery of frontal sinusitis and treatment effect of topically released dexamethasone using a drug-releasing stent with special emphasis of osteoneogenesis.
Methods: A prospective, controlled, randomized, double-blinded animal study was performed. Nineteen New Zealand white rabbits were subjected to surgery via an external approach, a 4-mm circular wound was created on the medial side of the maxillary sinus and the underlying bone was denuded of periosteum.
Objective/hypothesis: Evaluation of the impact of continuously topically released dexamethasone using a drug-releasing stent on quality of regenerated mucosa after full thickness injury in the paranasal sinuses.
Study Design: Prospective, controlled, randomized, double-blinded animal study.
Methods: Nineteen New Zealand white rabbits were subjected to surgery: via an external approach, a 4 mm circular wound was created on the medial side of the maxillary sinus.
Background: Bleeding is a major concern in endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS), as it may impede surgical progress and is often associated with complications. To improve the study and management of intraoperative bleeding, a standardized method of recording bleeding during ESS is needed. The aim of this study was to develop a standardized method of documenting bleeding in ESS and of grading the surgical field.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We hypothesized that early changes in S-100B levels after cardiac surgery are nonspecific and mostly reflect damage to tissues outside the brain rather than ischemic brain damage.
Methods: We measured serum levels of S-100B at several times perioperatively in 21 patients undergoing cardiac surgery. In addition, we measured levels of neuron specific enolase (NSE), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), creatine kinase (CK), the cardiac isoenzyme of CK (CK-MB), and myoglobin (MB) in these patients.