Dedalo Vola project: The effect of choral singing on physiological and psychosocial measures. An Italian pilot study.

Several studies have been conducted that show the crucial role of active participation in music in health promotion (e.g. Dingle et al.

Hyperostosing meningiomas of the sphenoid ridge--clinical features, surgical therapy, and long-term observations: review of 49 cases.

Thirty-three patients with en plaque, 9 with en masse (but with extensive bone involvement), and 7 with recurrent hyperostosing meningiomas of the sphenoid ridge were operated on. All patients underwent large extradural resection of the base of the skull as well as extirpation of the intradural tumors or adjacent plaques. The periorbita was involved in 13 patients (26.

Acromegaly: analysis of 132 cases treated surgically.

The surgical treatment of 132 acromegalics is analyzed. There was an equal sex distribution among patients between the ages of 30 and 59. In the younger patients there was a preponderance of males, and the opposite situation occurred in patients older than 59 years.

[Long-term outcome of surgery for myelopathy due to cervical arthrosis. 35 cases (author's transl)].

The authors report on 57 patients operated upon for myelopathy secondary to cervical arthrosis, 56 of whom underwent posterior laminectomy. The clinical symptoms were those reported in the literature for such cases. During the first post-operative year 66% of the patients improved, 5% became worse and 28% remained unchanged.