Search Results - "Clinical neurology and neurosurgery"

Neurological manifestations of COVID-19 and other coronavirus infections: A systematic review by Montalvan, V., Lee, J., Bueso, T., De Toledo, J., Rivas, K.

“…•Neurological manifestations has been reported in SARS-CoV2 infection recently.•SARS-CoV2 could spread to the brain hematogenously or through the cribriform…”
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Artificial intelligence for assisting diagnostics and assessment of Parkinson’s disease—A review by Belić, Minja, Bobić, Vladislava, Badža, Milica, Šolaja, Nikola, Đurić-Jovičić, Milica, Kostić, Vladimir S.

“…•Advanced algorithms can contribute to more efficient PD diagnosis and assessment.•Artificial Neural Networks gave the highest accuracy (>95%) for early PD…”
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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination by Vogrig, Alberto, Janes, Francesco, Gigli, Gian Luigi, Curcio, Francesco, Negro, Ilaria Del, D’Agostini, Serena, Fabris, Martina, Valente, Mariarosaria

“…Several central and peripheral nervous system complications associated with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection have been…”
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Fecal microbiota transplant as a potential treatment for Parkinson's disease – A case series by Segal, Arik, Zlotnik, Yair, Moyal-Atias, Keren, Abuhasira, Ran, Ifergane, Gal

“…We aimed to determine whether fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) is safe and possibly efficacious in treating constipation, motor, and non-motor symptoms in…”
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Surgical outcome and molecular pattern characterization of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme: A single-center retrospective series by Montemurro, Nicola, Fanelli, Giuseppe Nicolò, Scatena, Cristian, Ortenzi, Valerio, Pasqualetti, Francesco, Mazzanti, Chiara Maria, Morganti, Riccardo, Paiar, Fabiola, Naccarato, Antonio Giuseppe, Perrini, Paolo

“…Despite recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of the disease, the prognosis of patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains poor. While the value…”
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Exacerbation of neurological symptoms and COVID-19 severity in patients with preexisting neurological disorders and COVID-19: A systematic review by Kubota, Takafumi, Kuroda, Naoto

“…•COVID-19 effects were studied in patients with comorbid neurological disorder.•This review included 26 reports of comorbid neurological disorder and…”
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Survival outcomes in patients with recurrent glioblastoma treated with Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT): A systematic review by Montemurro, Nicola, Anania, Yury, Cagnazzo, Federico, Perrini, Paolo

“…•LITT is an emerging minimally invasive procedure increasingly utilized for treatment of deep and recurrent GBMs.•LITT provides an effective treatment with low…”
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Dyspneic and non-dyspneic (silent) hypoxemia in COVID-19: Possible neurological mechanism by Nouri-Vaskeh, Masoud, Sharifi, Ali, Khalili, Neda, Zand, Ramin, Sharifi, Akbar

“…•SARS-CoV-2 mainly enter to CNS via direct (neuronal and hematologic route) and indirect route.•SARS-CoV-2 can infect leukocytes within the bloodstream and…”
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H. pylori and Parkinson’s disease: Meta-analyses including clinical severity by Dardiotis, Efthimios, Tsouris, Zisis, Mentis, Alexios-Fotios A., Siokas, Vasileios, Michalopoulou, Amalia, Sokratous, Maria, Dastamani, Metaxia, Bogdanos, Dimitrios P., Deretzi, Georgia, Kountouras, Jannis

“…•Helicobacter pylori may be associated with Parkinson’s disease.•Higher prevalence of H. pylori infection in PD patients than in healthy controls.•Significant…”
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Eagle syndrome: A comprehensive review by Badhey, Arvind, Jategaonkar, Ameya, Anglin Kovacs, Alexander Joseph, Kadakia, Sameep, De Deyn, Peter Paul, Ducic, Yadranko, Schantz, Stimson, Shin, Edward

“…Highlights • A comprehensive review of Eagle Syndrome has been presented including diagnosis, work-up, and management. • There are medical and surgical…”
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Guillain-Barré syndrome after AstraZeneca COVID-19-vaccination: A causal or casual association? by Introna, Alessandro, Caputo, Francesca, Santoro, Carlo, Guerra, Tommaso, Ucci, Maria, Mezzapesa, Domenico Maria, Trojano, Maria

“…We report a case of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) following the first dose of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine with papilledema as atypical onset. As the…”
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in neurology and neurosurgery: A scoping review of the early literature by Wilson, Mitchell P, Jack, Andrew S

“…•Pre-existing cerebrovascular disease may be a risk factor for poor outcome in patients infected with COVID-19.•COVID-19 infection can manifest as headache,…”
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Sagittal alignment of the spine: What do you need to know? by Diebo, Bassel G, Varghese, Jeffrey J, Lafage, Renaud, Schwab, Frank J, Lafage, Virginie

“…Highlights • Sagittal analysis of the spine is not a deformity specific exercise. • Pelvic morphology is the foundation for spinal alignment. • SRS-Schwab…”
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Impact of obesity on outcomes following lumbar spine surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Goyal, Anshit, Elminawy, Mohamed, Kerezoudis, Panagiotis, Lu, Victor M., Yolcu, Yagiz, Alvi, Mohammed Ali, Bydon, Mohamad

“…•Spine surgery in obese patients is associated with high complications/reoperations.•Spine surgery may offer obese patients clinical improvement in pain and…”
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Intravenous infusion of auto serum-expanded autologous mesenchymal stem cells in spinal cord injury patients: 13 case series by Honmou, Osamu, Yamashita, Toshihiko, Morita, Tomonori, Oshigiri, Tsutomu, Hirota, Ryosuke, Iyama, Satoshi, Kato, Junji, Sasaki, Yuichi, Ishiai, Sumio, Ito, Yoichi M., Namioka, Ai, Namioka, Takahiro, Nakazaki, Masahito, Kataoka-Sasaki, Yuko, Onodera, Rie, Oka, Shinichi, Sasaki, Masanori, Waxman, Stephen G., Kocsis, Jeffery D.

“…•We report a series of SCI patients treated with intravenous infusion of MSCs.•Autologous MSCs cultured with auto-serum were used.•The results document…”
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Burnout and career satisfaction among attending neurosurgeons during the COVID-19 pandemic by Khalafallah, Adham M., Lam, Shravika, Gami, Abhishek, Dornbos, David L., Sivakumar, Walavan, Johnson, Jeremiah N., Mukherjee, Debraj

“…•Burnout among attending neurosurgeons is associated with factors related to uncertainty and workflow changes during the COVID-19 pandemic.•Career satisfaction…”
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Neural stem cell therapy—Brief review by Grochowski, Cezary, Radzikowska, Elżbieta, Maciejewski, Ryszard

“…•Extraction methods of neural stem cells.•Description of those methods.•Therapeutical use of neural stem cells. Adult mammalian neural stem cells are unique…”
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Comparative safety and efficacy of percutaneous approaches for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Texakalidis, Pavlos, Xenos, Dimitrios, Tora, Muhibullah S., Wetzel, Jeremy S., Boulis, Nicholas M.

“…•RF is associated with higher odds for pain relief and anesthesia compared to GR.•RF is associated with lower risk of herpes eruption as compared to GR.•BC is…”
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Intraoperative clinical application of augmented reality in neurosurgery: A systematic review by Contreras López, William Omar, Navarro, Paula Alejandra, Crispin, Santiago

“…•Augmented reality use in surgical fields is becoming more common.•Augmented reality is mostly used for tumors and aneurysms.•Augmented reality helps the…”
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Pre-optimization of spinal surgery patients: Development of a neurosurgical enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol by Ali, Zarina S., Ma, Tracy S., Ozturk, Ali K., Malhotra, Neil R., Schuster, James M., Marcotte, Paul J., Grady, M.Sean, Welch, William C.

“…•Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is multimodal pathway that aims to optimize patient outcomes.•ERAS addresses pre-, peri-, and post-operative factors in…”
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