scholarly journals Operative procedure options in tuberculosis of dorsal spine with neurological deficit

1970 ◽  
Vol 34 (117) ◽  
pp. 29-35
Author(s):  
Ashok R Bajracharya

Abstract

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 615-618
Author(s):  
Amruta M Kulkarni ◽  
Vijay L Shetty

Post-pneumonectomy status is associated with various anatomical and physiological changes. Intra-operative neuromonitoring allows for safe neurosurgery with minimal neurological damage. Intra-operative neuromonitoring requires that the anaesthetic technique be modified taking into considerations the effects of various anaesthetic agents on evoked potentials to allow for optimal monitoring. We present a case of 65 year old female patient, with post-pneumonectomy status posted for excision of intra-dural D10 meningioma with intra-operative neuromonitoring. The case was successfully conducted with meticulous planning and preparation with complete excision of lesion and no neurological deficit post-operatively.


Injury ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.S.El Masri ◽  
J.R. Silver

Neurosurgery ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 645-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry H. Schmidek ◽  
Donald A. Smith ◽  
Robert A. Sofferman ◽  
Francisco B. Gomes

Abstract An unusual case of unilateral anterior rotatory atlantoaxial fracture/dislocation with neurological deficit is presented. The injury could not be reduced by skeletal traction, but was successfully reduced by partial facetectomy at C-1, C-2 accomplished through a transoral exposure of the atlantoaxial region combined with labiomandibularglossotomy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first instance of an injury of this type to be so managed. The details of the operative procedure are described, and the subject of rotatory atlantoaxial dislocation is reviewed.


1972 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 152-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. GAYNON ◽  
R. L. WONG

With the objective of providing easier access to pathology specimens, slides and kodachromes with linkage to x-ray and the remainder of the patient’s medical records, an automated natural language parsing routine, based on dictionary look-up, was written for Surgical Pathology document-pairs, each consisting of a Request for Examination (authored by clinicians) and its corresponding report (authored by pathologists). These documents were input to the system in free-text English without manual editing or coding.Two types of indices were prepared. The first was an »inverted« file, available for on-line retrieval, for display of the content of the document-pairs, frequency counts of cases or listing of cases in table format. Retrievable items are patient’s and specimen’s identification data, date of operation, name of clinician and pathologist, etc. The English content of the operative procedure, clinical findings and pathologic diagnoses can be retrieved through logical combination of key words. The second type of index was a catalog. Three catalog files — »operation«, »clinical«, and »pathology« — were prepared by alphabetization of lines formed by the rotation of phrases, headed by keywords. These keywords were automatically selected and standardized by the parsing routine and the phrases were extracted from each sentence of each input document. Over 2,500 document-pairs have been entered and are currently being utilized for purpose of medical education.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 42-50
Author(s):  
Theresa Rahmadhani ◽  
Nyimas Fatimah ◽  
Eka Febri Zulissetiana

The effect of hydrotherapy on pain intensity and functional ability in lumbar disk herniation (LDH) patients thatundergo non-operative procedure; pre-experimental study at medical rehabilitation installation of RSUPdr. Mohammad Hoesin Palembang. Lumbar disk herniation (LDH) is the most common disease that becaused low backpain and functional disability. Some studies mentioned that hydrotherapy is an effective treatment for low back pain.Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the effect of hydrotherapy on reducing pain intensity and improvingfunctional ability in LDH patients. This study was a pre-experimental study with one group pretest-posttest design. Datawas collected by direct interviews to the patients using visual analogue scale (VAS) to measure pain intensity andModified Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire to assess functional ability before and after underwenthydrotherapy once a week for 4 weeks. The data then undergo Shapiro-Wilk normality test and continue with Paired t-Test or Wilcoxon test. From 30 subjects, it was found that there are effects of hydrotherapy on reducing pain intensity(p<0,001) and improving functional ability (p<0,001) in LDH patients that undergo non-operative procedure at theMedical Rehabilitation Installation of RSUP Dr. Mohammad Hoesin Palembang. There are effects of hydrotherapy onpain intensity and functional ability in LDH patients that undergo non-operative procedure.


2020 ◽  
pp. 41-45
Author(s):  
G. R. Kuchava ◽  
E. V. Eliseev ◽  
B. V. Silaev ◽  
D. A. Doroshenko ◽  
Yu. N. Fedulaev

The aim of the study was to assess the course and outcome of cerebral infarction, depending on the age factor and duration of stay in the neuroblock. Materials and methods: a dynamic observation of 494 patients, men and women, aged 38–84 years with acute ischemic stroke of hemispheric localization, which were divided into the three groups depending on age, was performed. Group 1 – younger than 60 years old, group 2–60–70 years old, group 3 – older than 60 years. All patients underwent standard therapy, according to the recommendations for the treatment of ischemic stroke. The patients underwent comprehensive clinical and instrumental monitoring, which included assessment of somatic and neurological status according to the NIH‑NINDS scales at 1st, 3rd, 10th days and at discharge or death; assessment of the level of social adaptation according to the Bartel scale on 1st, 3rd, 10th days and at discharge, clinical and biochemical blood tests, computed tomography of the brain. Assessment of the quality of therapy was carried out according to specially developed maps using methods of statistical correlation analysis. Results: the most pronounced positive dynamics of neurological status was in the 1st group of patients. The regression of neurological deficit in the 2nd group was worse. The minimal dynamics of neurological deficit was in the 3rd group of patients with cerebral stroke. Most often, the death of patients with cerebral stroke occurred from the development of multiple organ disorders. Conclusions: patients over 70 years of age have the greatest risk of death, due to: a decrease in the reactivity of the body, the presence of initially severe concomitant somatic pathology in patients with admission to hospital; accession of secondary somatic and purulent‑septic complications.


2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (7) ◽  

Introduction: Vagus nerve stimulation is a palliative treatment for patients with refractory epilepsy to reduce the frequency and intensity of seizures. A bipolar helical electrode is placed around the left vagus nerve at the cervical level and is connected to the pulse generator placed in a subcutaneous pocket, most commonly in the subclavian region. Methods: Between March 1998 and October 2019, we performed 196 procedures related to the vagal nerve stimulation at the Neurosurgery Department in Motol University Hospital. Of these, 126 patients were vagal nerve stimulator implantation surgeries for intractable epilepsy. The cases included 69 female and 57 male patients with mean age at the time of the implantation surgery 22±12.4 years (range 2.1−58.4 years). Results: Nine patients (7.1%) were afflicted by complications related to implantation. Surgical complications included postoperative infection in 1.6%, VNS-associated arrhythmias in 1.6%, jugular vein bleeding in 0.8% and vocal cord paresis in 2.4%. One patient with vocal cord palsy also suffered from severe dysphagia. One patient (0.8%) did not tolerate extra stimulation with magnet due to a prolonged spasm in his throat. The extra added benefit of vagus stimulation in one patient was a significant reduction of previously regular severe headaches. Conclusion: Vagus nerve stimulation is an appropriate treatment for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy who are not candidates for focal resective surgery. Implantation of the vagus nerve stimulator is a relatively safe operative procedure.


Author(s):  
Dr. Sunil Kumar Mehra, Dr. Dinesh Kumar Barolia, Dr. Arun Kumar Gupta, Dr. Vinita Chaturv

Intussusception is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in infants and children in < 1yr of age (1). Intussusception cases usually reported late therefore operative procedure was inevitable and results in significant morbidity and mortality. By this study we emphasized on timely transfer of intussusception case to a pediatric surgical center so as to decrease surgical risk. The surgical morbidity was low in those who were admitted early or directly to our center.  Methods - We retrospectively reviewed cases of intussusception in children <15 years. Children were treated from October 2015 to December 2107 at pediatric surgery department of SMS medical college Jaipur Rajasthan. Age, sex, month of admission, symptom with duration, diagnostic methods, and treatment modalities were recorded and analyzed.  Results - We studied 300 patients with intussusception.272 (90%) were treated surgically. We recently started ultrasonography guided pneumatic reduction and 24(85.7%) out of 28 treated successfully by it. Out of the patients requiring surgery 202 (67.34%) patients were reduced by per-operative manual reduction and in 60(22%) patients resection and anastomosis with 10(3.6%) treated with resection and ileostomy. 25.34% cases have delayed diagnosis and lately  transferred from peripheral hospitals requiring resection and diversion. Conclusion - In conclusion, Intussusception cases usually reported late therefore high likelihood of surgical management. The patients who underwent resection have longer duration of hospital stay.


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