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Pediatrics
Pawel Grabala, Kinga Danowska-Idziok, Ilkka J. Helenius
Summary: A case of Horner's syndrome occurred in a five-year-old child after spinal correction surgery for congenital kyphoscoliosis. The syndrome was caused by disruption of the sympathetic nerve pathway. The symptoms resolved and the patient fully recovered four years post-surgery.
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Clinical Neurology
Hai Wang, Shengru Wang, Nan Wu, Shujie Wang, Guixing Qiu, Jianguo Zhang
Summary: This retrospective study evaluated the safety and effectiveness of posterior vertebral column resection for severe thoracolumbar kyphosis in achondroplasia patients. The surgery showed good correction of TLK and improved neurological function, but had relatively high surgical complication rates.
GLOBAL SPINE JOURNAL
(2022)
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Clinical Neurology
Hazem Eltahawy, Dia R. Halalmeh, Aaron Rapp, Jordan Grauer, Gary Rajah
Summary: Minimally invasive posterolateral extracavitary approach (MIS PLECA) for corpectomy can achieve correction of kyphotic deformities and is a feasible and safe option for select patients who cannot tolerate traditional open surgery.
WORLD NEUROSURGERY
(2023)
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Clinical Neurology
Yijian Liang, Zhengjun Hu, Deng Zhao, Fei Wang, Rui Zhong
Summary: This study describes a novel strategy for correcting angular kyphosis associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) by performing vertebral column resection (VCR) at the subapical vertebra, with posterior displacement of the distal end and remodeling of the spinal canal. The surgery resulted in significant correction of the kyphosis, which was maintained at the 2-year follow-up.
EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL
(2022)
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Clinical Neurology
Juncai Deng, Yu Feng, Yingzhou Hu, Yajun Wei
Summary: One-stage PVCR is an effective surgical method for treating severe kyphotic deformity caused by adolescent thoracic and lumbar spinal tuberculosis. It significantly improves postoperative ASIA classification and Cobb angle, achieving bony fusion.
WORLD NEUROSURGERY
(2022)
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Clinical Neurology
Juncai Deng, Yu Feng, Yingzhou Hu, Yajun Wei
Summary: Our study found that one-stage PVCR is an effective surgical method for treating adolescent thoracic and lumbar spinal tuberculosis with severe kyphotic deformity, as it can completely remove the lesion, effectively correct the kyphosis deformity, and prevent related complications.
WORLD NEUROSURGERY
(2022)
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Clinical Neurology
Lennart Viezens, Marc Dreimann, Sven Oliver Eicker, Annika Heuer, Leon-Gordian Koepke, Malte Mohme, Theresa Kraetzig, Martin Stangenberg
Summary: The study evaluated the safety and midterm outcomes of pVCR in MESCC patients, showing that surgery can improve patient pain and spinal curvature, while the postoperative neurological function scores remained stable and most patients achieved bone fusion postoperatively.
NEUROSURGICAL FOCUS
(2021)
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Clinical Neurology
Priya Duvvuri, Renaud Lafage, Mathieu Bannwarth, Peter Passias, Shay Bess, Justin S. Smith, Eric Klineberg, Han Jo Kim, Christopher Shaffrey, Douglas Burton, Munish Gupta, Themistocles Protopsaltis, Christopher Ames, Frank Schwab, Virginie Lafage
Summary: This study investigates the shape of the fused spine after T10-pelvis fusion in patients with adult spinal deformity and explores its association with proximal junctional kyphosis. The results show that VPAs are reliable in reproducing the true, post-operative spine shape and can be used for pre- and intra-operative planning to ensure optimal alignment.
GLOBAL SPINE JOURNAL
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Leon-Gordian Koepke, Lukas Weiser, Martin Stangenberg, Marc Dreimann, Annika Heuer, Andre Strahl, Lennart Viezens
Summary: This study evaluated the midterm outcomes of patients treated with posterior vertebral column resection (pVCR) for severe osteoporotic fractures. The results showed that the surgery significantly improved segmental kyphosis and visual analog scale (VAS) scores, while maintaining stable Karnofsky performance status (KPS) scores. There were no neurological deteriorations observed, and spinal fusion rates were high with few surgical complications.
MEDICINA-LITHUANIA
(2022)
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Orthopedics
Mi Li, Tao Zhang, Hanjun Zhang, Rui Zhang, Huazhe Li, Xusheng Gou
Summary: This study compared the clinical efficacy of two different anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) procedures for treating cervical spondylotic myelopathy. The results showed that preserving the bony endplates had shorter operation time, less intraoperative blood loss, and a higher bone graft fusion rate compared to removing the bony endplates. There were no significant differences in neurological function recovery, cervical curvature, range of motion, and intervertebral fusion time between the two groups.
JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SCIENCE
(2023)
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Neurosciences
Taro Yamauchi, Ashish Jaiswal, Masato Tanaka, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Yoshiaki Oda, Shinya Arataki, Haruo Misawa
Summary: The case describes a patient undergoing a new minimally invasive L5 corpectomy technique with successful outcomes at 1-year follow-up. The new technique is effective in reducing surgical invasiveness and improving surgical success rates.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Ibrahim M. Moustafa, Tamer Shousha, Ashokan Arumugam, Deed E. Harrison
Summary: This study investigated whether thoracic kyphosis is associated with neck pain, neck disability, and sensorimotor control measures in patients with chronic non-specific neck pain. Participants with hyper-kyphosis were compared to those with normal kyphosis. The results showed that participants with hyper-kyphosis had greater neck disability and abnormal sensorimotor control and autonomic nervous system function compared to those with normal kyphosis.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Clinical Neurology
Jamila Godil, Spencer Smith, Christina Wright, Jung U. Yoo
Summary: This retrospective cohort study aimed to determine the incidence of vertebral artery injury (VAI), as well as its risk factors, interventions, associated complications, and mortality, in patients undergoing anterior cervical corpectomy. The study found that younger age and male sex were associated with a higher rate of injury, and VAI patients had a higher risk of cerebral infarction and mortality compared to non-VAI patients during the follow-up period. The study suggests the need for further investigations into the long-term health risks of VAI.
GLOBAL SPINE JOURNAL
(2022)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Miriam Cellini, Emilia Biamonte, Massimiliano Mazza, Nicoletta Trenti, Pasquala Ragucci, Davide Milani, Emanuele Ferrante, Zefferino Rossini, Elisabetta Lavezzi, Elisa Sala, Giovanna Mantovani, Maura Arosio, Maurizio Fornari, Luca Balzarini, Andrea G. Lania, Gherardo Mazziotti
Summary: In patients with acromegaly, vertebral fractures are associated with spine deformities, arthropathy, impaired quality of life, and disability.
NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2021)
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Orthopedics
Julio Urrutia, Pablo Besa, Felipe Narvaez, Arturo Meissner-Haecker, Clemente Rios, Cristobal Piza
Summary: The study found that thoracic kyphosis increases with age in both genders during adulthood, while coronal curve serves as an independent predictor of MTK.
ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY
(2022)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Oday Atallah, Amr Badary, Yasser F. Almealawy, Vivek Sanker, Wireko Andrew Awuah, Toufik Abdul-Rahman, Sura N. Alrubaye, Bipin Chaurasia
Summary: This study investigates unexpected deaths resulting from primary brain tumors and analyzes the contributing variables. The findings reveal that unexpected deaths are a complex phenomenon, with headache being the most common initial symptom and meningiomas and astrocytomas being the most common lesions.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
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Clinical Neurology
Alexandra E. Quimby, Mandy K. Salmon, Christopher H. Zhao, John Y. K. Lee, Douglas C. Bigelow, Michael J. Ruckenstein, Jason A. Brant
Summary: The study found that socioeconomic factors including race, health insurance, and income have an impact on the quality of life at the time of vestibular schwannoma diagnosis. Black/African American and uninsured/self-pay patients had lower quality of life, while patients with higher income had higher quality of life.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Arosha S. Dissanayake, Kwok M. Ho, Timothy J. Phillips, Stephen Honeybul, Graeme J. Hankey
Summary: This study systematically reviews models that aim to provide patient-specific predictions of pre-treatment rebleeding risk in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. The reported discriminative performance of the models varied, and no model showed consistently low bias risk and clinical applicability in all domains. Only one model was formulated using a patient cohort that underwent contemporary, evidence-based aneurysm treatment practices, but this model lacked calibration or clinical utility.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
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Clinical Neurology
Colin Kok Ann Teo, Yilong Zheng, Jeremy Bingyuan Lin, Hock Luen Teoh, Bernard Poon Lap Chan, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Kejia Teo, Vincent Diong Weng Nga, Tseng Tsai Yeo
Summary: This study retrospectively reviewed the clinical characteristics and outcomes after surgical revascularization for adult Moyamoya disease (MMD) in a Southeast Asian cohort. The incidence of postoperative transient ischemic attack (TIA)/stroke was 25.9%, with most cases occurring within 7 days postoperatively. Risk factors for 30-day postoperative TIA/stroke included a higher number of preoperative TIAs/strokes and indirect revascularization.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
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Clinical Neurology
Cheng-Chi Lee, Abel Po-Hao Huang, Ching-Chang Chen, Zhuo-Hao Liu, Mun-Chun Yeap, Ko-Ting Chen, Peng-Wei Hsu, Kuo-Chen Wei, Chun-Ting Chen, Yu-Chi Wang, Ting-Wei Chang, Chi-Cheng Chuang
Summary: Using a novel portable neuroendoscopic system for minimally invasive evacuation of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) has shown positive outcomes in reducing hematoma volume and improving neurological function without any death or rebleeding incidents.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
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Clinical Neurology
Michael M. Haglund, Bruce M. McCormack, Daniel M. Williams, Alexander C. Lemons, Erik M. Summerside
Summary: This study evaluated the long-term radiographic outcomes of patients receiving tissue-sparing posterior cervical fusion (PCF) for the treatment of pseudarthrosis. The results showed that patients achieved rates of arthrodesis similar to open PCF, with fewer postoperative complications and long-term soft tissue pain.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
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Clinical Neurology
Dong-Dong Meng, Zhe Ruan, Yong-Lan Tang, Zhao-Hua Ji, Yue Su, Tuo Xu, Bo-Zhou Cui, Da-Lin Ren, Ting Chang, Qian Yang
Summary: Depression symptom level, MG severity classification and family's monthly per capita income are independent factors related to the caregivers' disease family burden for MG patients. The daily activity burden of the family and the economic burden of the family were the heaviest among the six dimensions of the caregivers' family disease burdens.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
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Clinical Neurology
Tugba Ozudogru Celik, Umit Gorgulu, Safiye Gul Kenar, Nadide Koca, Elif Yalcin, Ipek Koymen, Evren Yasar
Summary: This study investigated the forward head posture (FHP), thoracic kyphosis, and their relationship in individuals with migraine compared to healthy controls. The results showed that patients with migraine had a greater FHP and thoracic kyphosis. This suggests that a 3-dimensional objective measurement could be a reliable tool for evaluating posture analysis in clinical practice.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
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Clinical Neurology
Jason A. Chen, Ari D. Kappel, Erickson F. Torio, David I. Bass, Abdullah Feroze, Nirav J. Patel
Summary: This report presents a case of a 63-year-old woman with a ruptured giant ICA terminus aneurysm, who underwent coil embolization followed by parent vessel sacrifice and high-flow bypass.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
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Clinical Neurology
Sandeep Kandregula, Sneha Sai Mannam, Shahbaz Saad, Saarang Patel, Visish M. Srinivasan
Summary: A 39-year-old female with a history of smoking and a family predisposition to unruptured aneurysms presented with clinical symptoms of intermittent right-sided headaches, flashes of light, and pulsatile tinnitus. Diagnostic evaluations identified a right occipital arteriovenous malformation (AVM). Treatment involved partial embolization of primary arterial feeders followed by surgical resection, resulting in a successful outcome.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
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Clinical Neurology
Ari D. Kappel, Jason A. Chen, Joshua I. Chalif, David I. Bass, Erickson F. Torio, Abdullah H. Feroze, Nirav J. Patel
Summary: A 48-year-old male with progressive congestive myelopathy underwent surgical clipping to treat a craniocervical DAVF. Intraoperatively, ICG was used to confirm the solitary inflow.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)
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Clinical Neurology
Aryeh Zolin, Cenai Zhang, Hwai Ooi, Harini Sarva, Hooman Kamel, Neal S. Parikh
Summary: In people with Parkinson's disease, comorbid liver fibrosis is associated with more rapid cognitive decline across multiple domains.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2024)