Does postoperative PI-LL mismatching affect surgical outcomes in thoracolumbar kyphosis associated with ankylosing spondylitis patients?

abstract：:Lumbosacral plexus neuropathy (LSPN) is an idiopathic clinical syndrome characterized by the sudden onset of neuropathic pain, followed by weakness and sometimes sensory disturbances in the distribution of the lumbosacral plexus. Prognosis is usually favourable, although complete recovery may take several months to ye...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： van Alfen N,van Engelen BG

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (proximal dominant form, HMSN-P) has been reported exclusively from Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. We herein report three brothers with HMSN-P who are among Brazilians of Japanese ancestry. They showed the typical clinical manifestations and were compatible with HMSN-P. Okinawa Pr...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Maeda K,Sugiura M,Kato H,Sanada M,Kawai H,Yasuda H

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 70-year-old man developed urinary retention in the early stages of herpes simplex virus (HSV) type-1 encephalitis. A nerve conduction study suggested latent myeloradiculitis. This is the first report of human herpes simplex virus-1 encephalitis followed by urinary retention at early stage from the onset like the Els...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Fukuoka T,Nakazato Y,Miyake A,Tamura N,Araki N,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder of multifactorial etiology with a broad range of clinical manifestations. Cerebral disorders such as psychosis, seizures and cerebrovascular accidents are commonly described in SLE patients. Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) presents a higher incidence ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Torné R,Rodríguez-Hernández A,Bernard T,Arikan Abelló F,Vilalta Castan J,Sahuquillo J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioneuronal neoplasms are rare tumors that typically affect patients in the first three decades of life. Since the publication of the World Health Organization (WHO) 2000 classification of tumors, further variants of these tumors have been reported. We present an 83-year-old gentleman who presented with a history of ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Kuo YH,Edgar MA,Luther N,Schwartz TH

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of beat-to-beat variations was employed in a group of 14 chronic alcoholics and compared with a group of normal individuals. A significant increase in the number of runs was found in the alcoholics reflecting impaired neurogenic control of the heart. It is concluded that cardiac neuropathy should be consid...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Melgaard B,Somnier F

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 36 year-old woman who had sensorimotor and sphincter dysfunction 0.5 day after having an epidural anesthesia to deliver her baby. The patients' neurological deficits recovered gradually and she could walk without support 1.5 months after the operation. However, her neurological function deteriorated 4 m...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Tseng SH,Lin SM

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the developed countries, elderly population is rapidly increasing, but outcomes of elderly patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) remain unclear. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of non-traumatic SAH patients aged 80 years or older, who were hospitalized in a singl...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Asano S,Hara T,Haisa T,Okamoto K,Kato T,Ohno H,Hasuo K,Kondo T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Involvement of those cranial nerves subserving taste is common in the Guillain-Barré syndrome, yet seldom reported are disturbances of taste. This may reflect relative sparing of taste fibers, which are small thinly myelinated fibers. However, the true incidence of taste disturbances in GBS is probably underestimated ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Soria ED,Candaras MM,Truax BT

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to investigate the genetic predisposition of haptoglobin (Hp) genotype as a predictor for cerebral vasospasm (CV) after acute subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) in the Egyptian population. This permits CV risk factors stratification of patients with aSAH. Hence, it will guide the treatment plan an...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Ateia AM,Elbassiouny A,El-Nabi SH,Fahmy NA,Ibrahim MH,El-Garawani I,Geba KM,Khalaf M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have concluded that provocation of fasciculations by neostigmine indicates a lesion of lower motor neurones. We performed 20 control experiments in 18 healthy volunteers. Ten subjects received an intramuscular injection of 1.0 mg neostigmine per 60 kg body weight. All showed fasciculations, most profu...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Heijnsbroek GJ,van Gijn J

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied an adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 182 patients with meningitis. The patients were subdivided into four groups, (1) 36 cases of tuberculous meningitis; (2) 130 cases of viral or aseptic meningitis; (3) nine cases of bacterial meningitis; (4) seven cases of cryptococcal...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Choi SH,Kim YS,Bae IG,Chung JW,Lee MS,Kang JM,Ryu J,Woo JH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 200 female patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) to investigate whether pregnancy after the onset of disease influences long term disability. As an index of progression, we used the time between disease onset and wheelchair dependence. Patients who had at least one pregnancy after onset were wheelchair depe...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Verdru P,Theys P,D'Hooghe MB,Carton H

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moyamoya is the disease which involves the terminal portions of the internal carotid or origins of the middle or anterior cerebral arteries. The posterior communicating arteries are also involved, but not the vertebrals or the basilar artery. The disease occurs more commonly in females than males and it has two age pe...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Charbel FT,Misra M,Clarke ME,Ausman JI

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a girl with popliteal webbing associated with limited extension of the knee, flexion contractures of the third, fourth, and fifth digits, hypothrophia of leg musculature, and absent tendon reflexes in the legs is reported. Between 19 months and 6 years of age, the digital contractures, popliteal webbing, and...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Bruyn GW,Klawans HL

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of cholesterol granuloma of the temporal bone is described presenting as a cerebellopontine tumor. This lesion seemed to arise from an inflammatory process obstructing pneumatized cells. It consists of extradural granulation tissue and must be distinguished from intradural epidermoid cyst, which is, in...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Lunardi P,Missori P,Salvati M,Licastro G

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of pre-operative Halo-gravity traction in the treatment of severe neurofibromatosis type 1 and congenital scoliosis patients with thoracic rotatory subluxation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 and congenital scoliosis undergoing Halo-gravity tr...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Shi B,Xu L,Li Y,Liu Z,Sun X,Zhu Z,Qiu Y

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The presence of predicting the rupture risk of intracranial aneurysms has recently generated considerable controversy. We retrospectively investigated the risk factors for multiple intracranial aneurysms related to rupture. METHODS:Between July 2007 and July 2011, 134 patients with 294 aneurysms...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Lu HT,Tan HQ,Gu BX,Wu-Wang,Li MH

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients, in particular recipients of orthotopic liver transplants, receiving the immunosuppressant tacrolimus (FK-506), are at risk for developing central neurotoxic adverse events. We report the occurrence of a tacrolimus-induced peripheral neurotoxic event, i.e. pure motor axonal polyneuropathy of the lower limbs i...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： De Weerdt A,Claeys KG,De Jonghe P,Ysebaert D,Chapelle T,Roeyen G,Jorens PG

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is presented who developed a frontal intracerebral hemorrhage, which proved to be due to a metastasis of a choriocarcinoma. The patient's uterus and adnexa had been removed two years previously for a non-malignant disorder. two years previously for a non-malignant disorder. The authors stress the importance ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： van den Doel EM,van Merriënboer FJ,Tulleken CA

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An apparently innocuous complaint such as a numb chin may be associated with malignant disease, either as heralding symptom or as a manifestation of metastasis. A series of 15 patients with numbness of the chin is presented in which a malignancy was diagnosed prior to the numbness. The numbness diminished or disappear...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Bruyn RP,Boogerd W

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish the clinical characteristics, aetiology, neuro-physiological characteristics, imaging findings and other investigations in a cohort of patients with non-traumatic brachial plexopathy (BP). METHODS:A 3-year retrospective study of patients with non-traumatic BP identified by electromyography (EMG)...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Mullins GM,O'Sullivan SS,Neligan A,Daly S,Galvin RJ,Sweeney BJ,McNamara B

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Intracranial arterial stenosis may progress or regress, of which the diagnosis is important to predict the risk of stroke or to evaluate the response of treatment. Transcranial Doppler (TCD) seems to be useful for this purpose, however, optimal diagnostic criteria have not been validated yet. Our study was d...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Lee CH,Yoo D,Kwon HM,Lee YS

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension is the most common cause of intracerebral haemorrhages (ICHs), yet the short-term impact factors associated with hypertensive intracerebral haemorrhages (HICHs) in patients who undergo different surgical treatments are still unknown. MATERIALS AND METHODS:All consecutive patients with acute HIC...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Zhao Z,Wang H,Li Z,Wang X,Zhang W,Feng K,Fan J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cerebrospinal fluid leaks are a frequent complication of spinal surgery, with reported rates between 2 and 20%. Management is highly variable and dependent on comorbidities, complexity of the index procedure, and surgeons' experience. Treatment options include primary or delayed repair, with or without spina...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Woodroffe RW,Nourski KV,Helland LC,Walsh B,Noeller J,Kerezoudis P,Hitchon PW

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The origin and course of the nerval innervation of the levator scapulae and rhomboid muscles was studied in four human cadavers. Special attention was given to surgical anatomy. The levator scapulae muscle receives two small segmental nerves from C3 and C4, respectively. The rhomboid muscle receives two segmental nerv...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Malessy MJ,Thomeer RT,Marani E

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cranial nerve palsy (CNP) secondary to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion is less familiar to us as a result of its rarity in incidence and insidiousness in presentation. This study aims to further expound the pathophysiological mechanism, clinical presentation, diagnosis, management and prognosis of CNP. M...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Li G,Zhu X,Zhang Y,Zhao J,Han Z,Hou K

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes are very rare and often associated to breast, ovarian and small cells lung cancers. Paraneoplastic motor neuron diseases (MNDs) are even rarer, and frequently described in patients with breast cancer. We presented the first case of patient affected by HER2-positive breast tumor an...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Diamanti L,Quaquarini E,Berzero G,Bini P,Gastaldi M,Franciotta D,Alfonsi E,Ceroni M,Frascaroli M,Bernardo A,Marchioni E

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sweet's disease with central nervous system involvement, tentatively named neuro-Sweet's disease, has rarely been reported. Although systemic corticosteroid therapy is highly effective for neurologic symptoms in neuro-Sweet's disease, relapse is common. Here, we describe the case of a 38-year-old Japanese man who pres...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Fukae J,Noda K,Fujishima K,Wada R,Yoshiike T,Hattori N,Okuma Y

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptomatic spontaneous intratumoral hemorrhage is a rare event in a patient with a brain tumor (BT). Although the treatment of choice in such a case is surgical removal of both the tumor and the hemorrhage, the optimal timing for surgical intervention has not been clearly established, particularly in those who presen...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Inamasu J,Nakamura Y,Saito R,Kuroshima Y,Mayanagi K,Ichikizaki K

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00