Publications by authors named "R N P M Rinkel"
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- A group of medical experts worked together to create guidelines for using a medicine called bevacizumab to help patients with a disease called recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP).
- They reviewed many studies and gathered opinions from doctors who treat both kids and adults with this condition to decide how best to use the medicine.
- Their findings include important information on which patients might benefit from this treatment, how to give the medicine, and when to stop or restart it, helping to change how RRP is treated.
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- This study looks at how surgery for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) affects the quality of life of patients, focusing on their voice and distress levels using specific questionnaires.
- The research included 100 out of 271 patients who had surgery and completed the surveys, looking at factors like age and how many surgeries they had.
- The findings suggest that older patients felt they had fewer issues with their voice, while more surgeries were linked to higher distress levels.
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- This article addresses corrections related to DOI: 10.1055/a-2227-6389.
- It highlights specific inaccuracies or updates needed in the original publication.
- The corrections aim to enhance the clarity and accuracy of the information presented.
We present the case of a patient with the rare type D esophageal atresia (EA), diagnosed after correction of an EA initially diagnosed as type C. Routine postoperative contrast esophagogram showed a missed proximal tracheoesophageal fistula. This case report illustrates the potential difficulties to diagnose type D EA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe current study aimed to adapt and validate the speech handicap index into the Kannada language, and also to investigate its psychometric properties in Kannada speaking individuals with oral and oropharyngeal cancers. This is a cross-sectional study and it was carried out in two phases. The first phase dealt with the translation of the English version of SHI into the Kannada language, and its validation on 95 healthy individuals and 25 individuals with oral or oropharyngeal cancer.
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