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Cervical facet nerve blockade improves head relocation accuracy for sagittal movements, shoulder joint relocation accuracy for shoulder abduction and standing balance in patients with chronic cervical pain

To investigate whether unilateral cervical facet nerve blockade (FNB) is associated with changes in head repositioning accuracy (HRA), shoulder joint relocation accuracy (JRA), and standing balance in patients with chronic neck pain. This retrospective single-center interventiona...

Intracapsular tonsillectomy in adults with obstructive sleep apnoea and large tonsils

PURPOSE: Conventional (extracapsular) tonsillectomy is a well-established treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in adults with tonsillar hypertrophy. Our objective was to determine whether an intracapsular tonsillectomy (ICTE) with a 90% removal of tonsils could be suffici...