Minimal response of phantom limb pain to pre-emptive analgesia and marked improvement of pain following surgical removal of portion of SI cortex further strengthens the view of the "pain memory" hypothesis [8].
Following surgical excision, a portion of the tissue was immediately processed and snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen for storage and future use.
Upon surgical removal, a portion of all tissues was sent to pathology for tumor staging and the remainder was flash frozen until further processing.
One of the earliest studies of hippocampal dysfunction was that of "patient H.M". (Henry Molaison), who in 1953 underwent surgical removal of portions of the medial temporal lobes, including removal of the hippocampus and surrounding regions, in an attempt to cure him of epileptic seizures.
Supraglottic laryngectomy can interfere with laryngeal elevation and sometimes with vocal fold adduction especially when the surgical procedure includes portions of the hyoid bone, base of tongue, aryepiglottic folds, or false vocal folds.
Surgical resection of the portion of the large bowel affected is often performed.
Other early cancers require a surgical resection, whereby the portion of the colon containing the cancerous tissue is removed along with surrounding tissue and nearby lymph nodes and the remainder of the colon is repaired.
When there is an extension of SOM to CS, we do not recommend a surgical intervention of that portion of tumor, and radiotherapy should be considered.
Ultrasound (a) showed an ill-defined, inhomogeneously hypoechoic region (caliper) at the surgical site, without fluid portions amenable to aspiration.
For both surgical approaches, the tumour portions with maximal perfusion on MR imaging were used for guidance and should be included in the surgical resection.
