Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Le Zhou, Wanqian Pan, Renjun Huang, Ziwei Lu, Zhiqun You, Yonggang Li
Summary: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare neoplasm with unknown underlying pathogenesis. While primarily occurring in the lungs, it can also affect other sites such as the mesentery and retroperitoneum, with intracranial involvement being extremely rare. Diagnosing intracranial IMT remains difficult due to the lack of specific clinical symptoms and characteristic radiographic features. Successful pharmacological treatment suggests that surgery may not be the only therapeutic option, highlighting the importance of accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment selection.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Monique North, Jeffrey Weishaar, Mohammed Nuru, Douglas Anderson, John P. Leonetti
Summary: The objective of this study is to investigate the expectations of patients regarding postoperative quality of life after surgical acoustic neuroma resection, and to identify the impact of surgical approach and patient characteristics on quality-of-life assessment. The findings highlight the importance of preoperative patient counseling in setting appropriate expectations and suggest that alternative surgical incisions and soft tissue dissection may improve postoperative pain and overall quality of life.
OTOLOGY & NEUROTOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Agnieszka Krolikowska, Karolina Filipska-Blejder, Renata Jablonska, Beata Haor, Anna Antczak-Komoterska, Monika Biercewicz, Lech Grzelak, Marek Harat, Robert Slusarz
Summary: The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life after surgical treatment of brain tumors. The results showed that the greatest reduction in quality of life after surgery was observed in patients with low-grade glial tumors and extracerebral tumors, while after 30 days, there was an improvement in quality of life for all patients. The histopathological diagnosis of different tumor types had an impact on patients' quality of life.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Matthew L. Carlson, Michael J. Link
Summary: Unilateral vestibular schwannomas have a high lifetime prevalence, and the unpredictable clinical behavior and limited evidence make current management controversial.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2021)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Alin Nicola, Cristian Oancea, Paula Irina Barata, Mavrea Adelina, Tudor Mateescu, Diana Manolescu, Felix Bratosin, Roxana Manuela Fericean, Raja Akshay Pingilati, Cristian Paleru
Summary: This study investigates the correlation between the development of bronchiectasis after lung resection surgery and the health-related quality of life of patients. The study found that patients with bronchiectasis had poorer overall health status, increased respiratory symptoms, lower physical activity levels, lower quality of life scores, and experienced more severe anxiety symptoms. They also perceived higher levels of stress. Further research is needed to understand the contradictory correlations with stress and physical functioning.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Karen L. Saban, Dina Tell, Paula De La Pena
Summary: This research discusses the use of mindfulness-informed interventions (MBIs) in stroke survivors and their family caregivers. It emphasizes the potential benefits of MBIs in managing the consequences of stroke and recommends further research to cater to the unique needs of this population.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Fabiana Velasquez, Evelyn Nunez, Juan Diego Gutierrrez, Pedro Christian Aravena
Summary: This study evaluated the quality of life associated with oral health in patients who underwent bichectomy surgery in Chile. The results showed that the interference in quality of life was greatest on the first postoperative day, while complications and pain levels decreased over time.
PATIENT PREFERENCE AND ADHERENCE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
David Martin, Benoit Romain, Nicolas Demartines, Martin Huebner
Summary: This prospective study found that preoperative life satisfaction of colorectal surgery patients did not have an influence on outcomes and physical activity in colorectal surgery.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Alicja Nowacka, Suzanne Barker-Collo, Anna Miles, Lior Ben-Harosh
Summary: This study aimed to explore the predictive role of mental well-being on quality of life for patients with acoustic neuroma (AN). The study found that headache, tinnitus, and mental well-being were significantly correlated with quality of life, with mental well-being having the largest impact. Additionally, the surgery group had significantly higher depression scores compared to the radiation group.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Mathematical & Computational Biology
Cenyi Yang
Summary: This paper proposes a postoperative hearing preservation prediction model based on extreme gradient boost tree (XGBoost) for class-imbalanced hospital real data. The synthetic minority oversampling technique (SMOTE) is applied to address sample imbalance. Multiple machine learning models are used to accurately predict surgical hearing preservation in acoustic neuroma patients. Experimental results show that the proposed model outperforms existing research. In summary, this paper's method contributes significantly to the development of personalized preoperative diagnosis and treatment plans, allowing for effective judgment of hearing retention in patients with acoustic neuroma following surgery, simplifying the lengthy medical process, and saving medical resources.
MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Dandan Zhang, Jing Wang, Xixi Gu, Zhifeng Gu, Liren Li, Chen Dong, Rui Zhao, Xiaomei Zhang
Summary: The study found that a considerable number of meningioma patients newly diagnosed and ready for surgery in China suffer from sleep disturbance, potentially affecting their quality of life. Fatigue and headache are independent factors associated with sleep disturbance in meningioma patients.
SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER
(2022)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Robert J. Macielak, John P. Marinelli, Samuel A. Spear, Debbie L. Hahs-Vaughn, Michael J. Link, Chad Nye, Matthew L. Carlson
Summary: In a national cohort of patients with sporadic vestibular schwannoma, the majority of patients do not use hearing assistive devices long-term, suggesting that most patients adjust to unilateral hearing loss or are unsatisfied with current device options.
Article
Oncology
Jianfang Niu, Zhiqing Zhao, Jichuan Wang, Taiqiang Yan, Wei Guo, Rongli Yang, Xiaodong Tang
Summary: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of palliative surgery using posterior transpedicular approach (PTA) with posterior instrumentation on pain response and quality of life (QoL) in patients with metastatic thoracic and lumbar tumors. The results showed that patients experienced a significant reduction in pain, improvement in neurological status, and enhancement of QoL after surgery. However, there were also complications associated with the surgical procedure.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Hye Ran Park, Sang Soon Jeong, Jung Hoon Kim, Ho Sung Myeong, Hyun Joo Park, Kwang Hyon Park, Kawngwoo Park, Byung Woo Yoon, Suyeon Park, Jin Wook Kim, Hyun-Tai Chung, Dong Gyu Kim, Sun Ha Paek
Summary: This retrospective study analyzed the long-term outcomes of 106 patients with unilateral sporadic acoustic neuromas who underwent gamma knife radiosurgery (GKS) as an initial treatment. The results showed that GKS could effectively control tumors, preserve serviceable hearing, and prevent cranial neuropathy.
JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Yuxin Wu, Zaiyu Zhang, Ping Liang, Bin Zou, Difei Wang, Xuan Zhai
Summary: ObjectiveEpilepsy after resection surgery significantly decreases the quality of life of children. This study aimed to investigate the quality of life of children with seizures after resection surgery and its influencing factors. It was found that surgery-related factors do not predict the quality of life, while preoperative language development retardation or language dysfunction and postoperative ILAE seizure outcome classification are independent predictors of the quality of life.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2022)
