Idiopathic spasmodic torticollis: a survey of the clinical syndromes and patients' experiences.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To confirm the reported findings and clarify unknown clinical features of Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS)-associated neuropathy and design appropriate treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We assessed the clinical features of 6 patients with CSS-associated neuropathy. RESULTS:Mononeuritis multiplex was present in 4 ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Nakamura M,Yabe I,Yaguchi H,Kishimoto R,Mito Y,Fujiki N,Houzen H,Tsuji-Akimoto S,Niino M,Sasaki H

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seizures occur more frequently in patients with an intracerebral haematoma (ICH) than in those with a cerebral infarct. However, the risk factors for seizures in association with an ICH are less well known. PURPOSE:The characteristics of medically treated patients with spontaneous ICHs, who developed seizur...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： De Reuck J,Hemelsoet D,Van Maele G

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the direct and indirect effects on the central nervous system (CNS) of systemically administered immuno-modulatory therapies in use or under evaluation for the relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS:We summarize data published by our own lab and by others that delineate the effects of ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Antel JP,Miron VE

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Spinal meningiomas mainly occur in old patients, with a remarkable female prevalence. This study investigates the different features between younger and older patients in an adult population (>18 years). MATERIALS AND METHODS:A surgical series of 120 adult patients operated on for spinal meningiomas at the ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Maiuri F,De Caro ML,de Divitiis O,Vergara P,Mariniello G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of spinal cord compression due to solitary osteochondroma of the spine are reported. The rarity and benign nature of the tumour is stressed. Other reported cases are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Kak VK,Prabhakar S,Khosla VK,Banerjee AK

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One segment of a large Dutch pedigree with heredo-ataxia is presented. The clinical and genetic features of the disease, together with the M.R.I. findings, indicate the diagnosis of autosomal dominant late onset olivo-ponto-cerebellar atrophy. The clinical picture remained invariant through successive generations. Emp...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Vliegenthart WE,Vielvoye GJ,Kuyt LP

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The association between peripheral facial paralysis (PFP) and HIV infection has been scarcely explained. The authors aimed to describe the association between PFP and HIV infection status, along with the related co-morbidities and the outcomes of PFP, as well as the literature review on this topic. PATIENTS ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Sathirapanya P,Fujitnirun C,Setthawatcharawanich S,Phabphal K,Limapichat K,Chayakul P,Silpapojakul K,Jaruratanasirikul S,Siripaitoon P,Chusri S,Kositpantawong N

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ependymomas account for 3-9% of all neuroepithelial tumors. A peculiar variant of ependymoma known as "giant cell ependymoma" ("GCE") is especially rarely reported, it may pose some difficulties for the diagnosing neuropathologist. Here we present a case of a giant cell ependymoma occuring in a 17-year-old patient wit...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Adamek D,Dec M,Sobol G,Urbanowicz B,Jaworski M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) are known to be indicative of bleeding-prone microangiopathy. Little is known about the significance of CMBs in anticoagulated patients. We determined the frequency of new CMBs in ischemic stroke patients who had been receiving warfarin treatment for 2 years. METHODS:A total of 20...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Orken DN,Uysal E,Timer E,Kuloglu-Pazarcı N,Mumcu S,Forta H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the prognostic value of median somatosensory evoked potentials (M-SSEP) changes in the early phase of supratentorial infarction and hemorrhage. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This study includes 130 patients (mean age 62+/-11.4 years, 43 women, large middle cerebral artery territory infarction in 36 patient...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Tzvetanov P,Rousseff RT

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comorbid cerebrovascular disease (CVD) can occur in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) but its reported prevalence varies considerably. CVD may alter the clinical presentation, course and prognosis in IPD. We aimed to determine the prevalence of radiological and clinical CVD in a neurology clinic IPD population. We ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Patel M,Coutinho C,Emsley HC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathological criteria for diffuse gliomatosis are clearly demarcated but its clinical diagnosis has always been hampered by the imaging techniques used. Although with the advent of CT scanning clinical possibilities were improved, isodense brain lesions are difficult to detect and in these cases the diagnosis gliomato...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Troost D,Kuiper H,Valk J,Fleury P

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vestibular schwannomas (VS) are benign tumors stemming from the eighth cranial nerve. Treatment options for VS include conservative management, microsurgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, and fractionated radiotherapy. Though microsurgery has been the standard of care for larger lesions, hypo-fractionated stereotactic ra...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Nguyen T,Duong C,Sheppard JP,Lee SJ,Kishan AU,Lee P,Tenn S,Chin R,Kaprealian TB,Yang I

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young female presented with intermittent blurring of vision and mild to moderate headache for three months. Fundus examination revealed bilateral papilledema with secondary optic atrophy (right more than left). Computed tomography scan of brain showed a diffuse intraparenchymal vascular malformation in right parieto...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Kumar S,Srivastava T,Tejwani S,Khilnani K

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the feasibility of using subcutaneous low-molecular-weight-heparin (LMWH) injections in place unfractionated heparin (UFH) while anticoagulating patients with cerebral ischemia. In this open-labeled, prospective study, patients admitted to our hospital with transient ischemic attacks or stroke requiring an...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Venketasubramanian N,Chua HC

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 52-year-old patient affected by a mononeuritis multiplex and livedo vasculitis. Sural nerve biopsy showed mild thickening of the perineurium, vascular alterations with inflammatory cell infiltration in the perineurium, and remarkable loss of large and small myelinated fibers. A therapeutic trial of acetyls...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Lee SS,Yoon TY

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to explore the differences in clinical outcome between short-segment fixation (SSF; occiput-C2) and multi-segment fixation (MSF; occiput-C2, 3). METHODS:From January 2008 to January 2012, patients who underwent surgery for instability at the occipitocervical junction were incl...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Pan J,Huang D,Hao D,Zhao Y,He B,Wu Q,Li H,Ge C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Decompression surgery is the standard treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS); however, despite the good clinical outcomes reported for this procedure, a relatively high dissatisfaction rate has been reported. We hypothesized that the previously used outcome measures do not accurately reflect patient satis...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Ogura Y,Kobayashi Y,Kitagawa T,Yonezawa Y,Takahashi Y,Yoshida K,Yasuda A,Shinozaki Y,Ogawa J

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:For patients with medically unresponsive trigeminal neuralgia (TN), surgical options include micro vascular decompression (MVD), radiofrequency rhizotomy (RF), and stereotactic radio surgery (SRS). Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating condition that can be associated with TN, but is not amenable to tre...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Holland MT,Teferi N,Noeller J,Swenson A,Smith M,Buatti J,Hitchon PW

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the pterional transsylvian-transinsular approach for cavernomas of the left anterior mesiotemporal region in three patients. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of patients who underwent surgery for cavernous angiomas in the temporal lobe was performed via the left mesiotemporal lobe (MTL). The tech...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Campero A,Ajler P,Garategui L,Goldschmidt E,Martins C,Rhoton A

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to compare the muscle activation feature of vastus medialis obliquus (VMO) and vastus lateralis (VL) between the osteoarthritic knee patients with patellar lateral subluxation (Group 1B) and without patellar lateral subluxation (Group 1A). METHODS:Isokinetic muscle strength of the kn...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Tang SF,Wu CK,Chen CH,Chen JT,Tang AC,Wu SH

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The frequency of suboccipital injections to treat headaches has increased. The third segment of the vertebral artery is located in the suboccipital triangle and its main muscular branch, the suboccipital artery of Salmon (SAS), supplies blood to the suboccipital muscles. The purpose of this study was to radi...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Macchi V,Porzionato A,Morra A,D'Antoni AV,Tubbs RS,De Caro R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old man developed a severe left frontal headache followed by an acute change of mentality 6 days later. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed bilateral thalamic ischemia. Angiography confirmed the occlusion of deep cerebral veins. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) of the thalami showed normal N-a...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Hsu LC,Lirng JF,Fuh JL,Wang SJ,Shyu HY,Liu HC

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated long-term outcomes of posterior fossa decompression (PFD) without duroplasty in consecutive patients with newly diagnosed Chiari-1 malformation. METHODS:We searched the institutional database for all adult patients who underwent Chiari decompression between 1995 and 2007. PFD was offered to all ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Krishna V,McLawhorn M,Kosnik-Infinger L,Patel S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Perfusion studies are increasingly used to triage acute stroke patients for endovascular recanalization therapies. We compare the safety and efficacy of CT perfusion (CTP)-guided to time-guided mechanical recanalization in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients. METHODS:A review was conducted on 132 patients, ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Chalouhi N,Ghobrial G,Tjoumakaris S,Dumont AS,Gonzalez LF,Witte S,Davanzo J,Starke RM,Randazzo C,Flanders AE,Hasan D,Chitale R,Rosenwasser R,Jabbour P

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to objectively assess the patients' acceptance for awake craniotomy in a group of neurosurgical patients, who underwent this procedure for removal of lesions in or close to eloquent brain areas. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients acceptance for awake craniotomy under local anesthesia an...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Wrede KH,Stieglitz LH,Fiferna A,Karst M,Gerganov VM,Samii M,von Gösseln HH,Lüdemann WO

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe four patients suffering from lower limb compartment syndromes which were caused by constrictive bandages applied after stripping of varices. The dressing was erroneously only partially removed, when the patients started complaining of severe pain and tension in the operated legs. The damages varied from ex...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Danner R,Partanen K,Partanen J,Kettunen K

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral or bilateral pedicle screw (PS) fixation in lumbar interbody fusion remains controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the complication and fusion rate for both surgical techniques based on published studies. Pubmed, Cochrane Library and Embase Databases were searched to identify studies reporting...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Yuan C,Chen K,Zhang H,Zhang H,He S

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is a condition that is frequently seen in the neurological and neurosurgical practice. Surgical treatment is overall preferred; however, conservative treatment is also an option. Both surgical and conservative treatment of CSDH vary across neurosurgeons. The aim of the present...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Laldjising ERA,Cornelissen FMG,Gadjradj PS

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00