FRAGALE , Marco

Purpose: The aim of this study is to analyze the efficacy of a new modified pharyngoplasty technique with barbed sutures: barbed suspension pharyngoplasty (BSP). Methods: We enrolled patients affected by obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), having the main site of obstruction at the palatal and lateral pharyngeal walls, who...

Development of transnasal fiberoptic laryngoscopy, integration of an operative channel (OC), the advent of high-definition television imaging, with improvements in laser technology, cleared the way for office-based laryngology. Three treatment categories can be identified: bioendoscopy-guided biopsy; laryngeal injection; laser-assisted surgery.

This study presents SmartProbe, an electrical bioimpedance (EBI) sensing system based on a concentric needle electrode (CNE). The system allows the use commercial CNEs for accurate EBI measurement, and was specially developed for in-vivo real-time cancer detection. Considering the uncertainties in EBI measurements due to the CNE manufacturing...