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W R Carroll

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PubMed1979

Effect of varying picture-sentence congruence on children's free recall.

70 fourth-grade children were shown objects arbitrarily arranged in an integrated scene. Subjects were randomly assigned to conditions which either presented a sentence that correctly labeled and correctly described the physical arrangement of the objects, presented a sentence containing the correct labels of the objects but not the correct physical arrangement, or presented a sentence which did not contain the correct labels and incorrectly described the physical arrangement. Control conditions either provided subjects with correct labels or omitted presentation of verbal prompts. Congruence between the object display and the sentence produced significantly higher recall and clustering than the incongruence or control conditions. The incongruence conditions did not produce significantly higher recall than the control conditions, suggesting that incongruence interferes with formation of stable grouping of items which appears to be an important factor in facilitating free recall.

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Olfactory neuroblastoma: the results of modern treatment approaches at the University of Michigan.

A retrospective study was undertaken to review patterns of treatment and survival for patients with olfactory neuroblastomas at the University of Michigan since the introduction of craniofacial resection in the late 1970s. Recent results were compared to previous reports. Disease-free and overall survival for patients with Kadish stage B tumors were unchanged from prior years. Improvement in both disease-free intervals and overall survival was evident for patients with stage C tumors. Interestingly, in two patients with "unresectable" local disease, complete responses to induction chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy were noted.

Adolescent↗
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Analysis of recurrence, complications, and functional results with free jejunal flaps.

The medical records of 20 patients undergoing revascularized jejunal flap reconstruction of hypopharyngeal defects were retrospectively reviewed to analyze the incidence of distal marginal recurrence, complication rates, and success of early functional restoration. This report is one of few in the literature to address distal marginal recurrence in patients undergoing jejunal free flap reconstruction of hypopharyngeal defects. In 15 evaluable patients, two (13%) developed distal marginal recurrences. Both patients had tumor involving the hypopharynx at the junction of the cervical esophagus. The major complication rate was five of 20 patients (25%) and included three flap failures, one death, and one intra-abdominal hemorrhage. The minor complication rate was 35%. The median hospital stay was 15.5 days and the median time to successful swallowing was 14.5 days. The functional success rate for swallowing was 58%. Because of the aggressive nature of this disease, we feel partial esophagectomy with jejunal flap reconstruction is warranted to achieve early functional restoration in a select group of patients when a 2-cm distal margin can be obtained above the cervical esophagus with frozen-section control, and the distal esophagus is normal.

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The free scapular flap for head and neck reconstruction.

The free scapular flap is a versatile flap for soft tissue and bony reconstruction of the head and neck. It has a very reliable blood supply and is easy to harvest. In this paper, we present our cumulative experience with the use of five cutaneous flaps and 31 osteocutaneous flaps.

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