Spinal cord stimulation in the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome type 1: Is trial truly required?

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:Stroke is an important public health problem in most countries. Therefore, the treatment of stroke and its complications is important. Intracerebral hemorrhage is one of the complications of ischemic stroke. This study aimed to investigate the risk of hemorrhage in patients with acute ischemic stroke and pro...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Ozbek D,Ozturk Tan O,Ekinci G,Midi I

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several neurodegenerative disorders show olfactory dysfunction. In patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), olfactory impairment is probably due to the involvement of the temporal and orbitofrontal lobes. We hypothesized that due to the disrupted areas in FTD, there would be an impairment in smell identif...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Orasji SS,Mulder JL,de Bruijn SF,Wirtz PW

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral Symmetrical Calcifications (B.S.C.) in cerebro represent calcium deposits usually found in the basal ganglia and/or dentate nucleus. They can be the result of diverse disorders, but can also present themselves without any underlying disease. Most often they are asymptomatic, but if the calcifications are ext...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Smit L,van Wijk RM,Rico RE,Sitalsing AD

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All classical operative approaches for pineal tumours have important disadvantages. A lateral-paramedian infratentorial approach in lateral decubitus is proposed. It has the advantage that one can reach the pineal region by way of a shorter distance and over a lower situated part of the upper cerebellar surface. Lifti...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Van den Bergh R

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cranioplasty is considered as a routine procedure in everyday neurosurgical practice for the patient with cranial defect, however, there is no established consensus on optimal surgical timing. OBJECTIVE:To compare the effect of early cranioplasty (1-3 months after DC) and late cranioplasty (3-6 months after...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Xu H,Niu C,Fu X,Ding W,Ling S,Jiang X,Ji Y

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Cervical spinal injuries occur in 2.0-6.6% of patients after blunt trauma and can have devastating neurological sequelae if left unrecognized. Although there is high quality evidence addressing cervical clearance in asymptomatic and symptomatic awake patients, cervical spine clearance in patients with altered...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Tan LA,Kasliwal MK,Traynelis VC

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While gross total resection of spinal ependymomas prevents recurrence, this surgical result is not always possible. Increasing evidence suggests that ependymomas occurring in the spine are genetically distinct from those originating in the brain. Herein we review the most recent developments detailing the molecular an...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Connolly ID,Ali R,Li Y,Gephart MH

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tic disorders are commonly considered to be childhood syndromes. Newly presenting tic disorders during adulthood are uncommon and mostly described in relation to an acquired brain lesion or as incidental tics, particularly in context with other neurological or psychiatric diseases. Tic disorder involving the ears is e...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Agrawal A,Shrestha R

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The annual hemorrhage rate of intracranial cavernous malformation (CM) is reported to range from 0.23% to 1.1%. Because of the low hemorrhage rate, operating on a deep symptomatic lesion with or without hemorrhage is considered controversial. For the prevention of hemorrhage, radiosurgery is an alternative m...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Huang YC,Tseng CK,Chang CN,Wei KC,Liao CC,Hsu PW

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to quantitatively evaluate the surgical anatomy of the vertebral artery and the sub-axial spine to assess their influence on cervical spine surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Retrospective data was evaluated from a total of 275 three-dimensional head and neck CT-angiograms. Vertebral art...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Lee HJ,Kim JH,Kim IS,Hong JT

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a hyperkinetic movement disorder induced by dopamine receptor blocking drugs (DRBDs). TD typically presents with stereotypy or dystonia, but may also cause akathisia, myoclonus, or tremor. However, no detailed reports of gait abnormalities have been documented. We report three patients expos...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Kuo SH,Jankovic J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis of the central nervous system has been variously reported in 5-15% of all sarcoid patients. However, presentation of sarcoidosis as an isolated 'intracranial tumor' is rare. A 35-year-old African-American woman presented with intractable headaches. Neuroimaging revealed a tumor that was suggestive of a gli...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Vannemreddy PS,Nanda A,Reddy PK,Gonzalez E

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gliomas are a group of center nervous system tumors of glial origin. Most are characterized by diffuse infiltrative growth in the surrounding brain. Patients almost always ultimately die from their disease. The drastically increased knowledge about the molecular abnormalities, these are linked with tumor grad...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Bie L,Zhao G,Wang YP,Zhang B

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute facial nerve paralysis is a relatively common pediatric disorder. Idiopathic facial nerve palsy (Bell's palsy) has to be distinguished from other etiologies. Retrospective review of the results of routine diagnostic work-up studies of our patients, failed to reveal any clinically significant abnormalities and di...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Eshel G,Lahat E,Azizi E

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:There is evidence to support that oxidative stress is increased in Parkinson's disease (PD) and contributes to degeneration of dopaminergic neurons. Uric acid (UA), a natural antioxidant in blood and brain tissue, scavenging superoxide, peroxynitrite and hydroxyl radical, was found reduced in the serum of PD...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Andreadou E,Nikolaou C,Gournaras F,Rentzos M,Boufidou F,Tsoutsou A,Zournas C,Zissimopoulos V,Vassilopoulos D

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recurrent lumbar disc herniation has been reported in 5-11% of patients. Revision surgery carries a higher risk of complications due to epidural scar formation and difficulty in identifying the bony landmarks. The present study was conducted to apply an innovative procedure which optimally has lower complica...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Eloqayli H,Al-omari M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A male patient came to our clinic because of a continuous up and down movement of his right testis, which was present even during sleep. The nature and localization of the unilateral rhythmic cremasteric activity is investigated by electrophysiological methods. Investigations of the cremasteric muscles and genitofemor...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Bademkiran F,Acarer A,Aydogdu I,Ertekin C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with seizures and a single ringlike enhancing lesion on MRI that resembled a low-grade glioma. The patient received a diagnostic trial with albendazole on the assumption that this lesion could be a cysticercus. Follow-up showed resolution of the brain lesion in 4 weeks. Albendazole administration t...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Del Brutto OH,Quintero LA

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have evaluated culture positive tuberculous meningitis (TBM) as a group. We evaluated certain clinical factors in culture positive TBM which could be associated with a poorer outcome. Out of 40 consecutive TBM patients seen over a period of 4 years in a tertiary referral hospital, 18 culture positive and n...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Tan EK,Chee MW,Chan LL,Lee YL

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral high signal emitting areas in the globus pallidus surrounded by low signal emitting areas have been described as a typical MRI finding in Hallervorden-Spatz disease (HSD). We made a diagnosis of HSD in an 11-year-old girl with progressive dystonia of 4 years duration who showed these typical MRI abnormalitie...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Brouwer OF,Laboyrie PM,Peters AC,Vielvoye GJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 1990 to December 1995, a total of nine cases of Moyamoya disease were treated at the National Taiwan University Hospital with combined encephalo-arterio-synangiosis (EAS) and encephalo-myo-synangiosis (EMS). There were five males and four females and their ages ranged from 6 months to 31 years. Of these, ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Tu YK,Liu HM,Kuo MF,Wang PJ,Hung CC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION/AIM:Health-conditioned quality of patients' life is equally a result of their subjective perception of the disease and their objective condition. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the quality of life of surgically treated lumbar radiculopathy patients by using a generic and a lumbar disease-specific que...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Bosković K,Cigić T,Grajić M,Todorović-Tomasević S,Knezević A

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is presented, who developed a suprasellar tumour. Stereotactical biopsy of the tumour revealed the diagnosis of a dysgerminoma. Immunocytochemical examination of the CSF showed neoplastic cells staining for human chorionic gonadotropin and for alpha-fetoprotein. The authors stress the possibility to diagnose...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Stark E,Knehans A,Wurster U,Patzold U

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The visual and headache outcomes in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) undergoing cerebrospinal fluid diversion with a lumboperitoneal (LPS) or ventriculoperitoneal shunting (VPS) have not been well reported. The aims of this study were to: (a) to assess outcomes of CSF diversion in IIH...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Tarnaris A,Toma AK,Watkins LD,Kitchen ND

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhabdomyolysis (lysis of skeletal muscle cells) is a potentially lethal syndrome with a broad spectrum of clinical and biochemical findings. Myalgia, pigmenturia and elevated activity of serum creatine kinase are the common features. Fulminant rhabdomyolysis may be associated with severe metabolic disturbances and inv...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Poels PJ,Gabreëls FJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Concurrent small vessel, intracranial and extracranial large artery disease (SLAD) is common in Asian but its impact on cognitive and functional outcomes is unclear. We aimed to evaluate the clinical, cognitive and functional outcomes in ischemic stroke patients with SLAD. METHODS:Chinese ischem...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Man BL,Fu YP,Wong A,Chan YY,Lam W,Hui AC,Leung WH,Mok V,Wong KS

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 67-year-old non-diabetic male who presented with muscle cramps, paresis, atrophy and fasciculations in the left leg, followed by rapidly progressive muscle stiffness and superimposed spasms which subsequently also affected the right leg and the trunk. GAD65 autoantibodies were elevated in serum and CSF, c...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Holmøy T,Skorstad G,Røste LS,Scheie D,Alvik K

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of invasive neuromonitoring, long-time microdialysis was performed in a 32-year-old patient suffering from meningoencephalitis. Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed marked global brain oedema. An intracranial pressure (ICP) probe, brain tissue oxygen pressure measurement (pTiO(2)), and intraparen...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Gliemroth J,Bahlmann L,Klaus S,Klöhn A,Arnold H

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00