AES 2023 Highlight: Disparities Impact Receipt of Surgery in Pediatric Epilepsy
New research was presented at the 2023 meeting of the American Epilepsy Society. This is the fifth of 5 studies presented that PW has selected to highlight....
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Clinical characteristics of acute lacosamide poisoning: Pavia Poison Control Centre experience.
Lacosamide is a third-generation antiepileptic drug used as adjunctive therapy for partial seizures. Since its approval in 2008 very few cases of lacosamide overdose have been described in l...
Clopidogrel-induced non-diabetic hypoglycemia reported from Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a case report.
Recurrent episodes of hypoglycemia may be caused by several factors, including drugs, critical illnesses, hormonal deficiency, non-islet cell tumor endogenous hyperinsulinism, and accidental...
Female Sex Steroids and Epilepsy Part 2: A Practical and Human Focus on Catamenial Epilepsy.
Catamenial epilepsy is the best described and most researched sex-steroid specific seizure exacerbation. Yet despite this there are no current evidence based treatments nor an accepted diagn...
MicroRNA-30a-3p: a potential noncoding RNA target for the treatment of arteriosclerosis obliterans.
An increasing number of studies have shown that noncoding RNAs are involved in cardiovascular diseases. Our study shows that the expression of microRNA-30a-3p (miR-30a-3p) in patients with a...
Neuroendoscopic technique for septated chronic subdural hematoma: a retrospective study.
To compare the efficacy of neuroendoscopic hematoma evacuation (NHE) and burr hole craniotomy (BHC) for treating Septated chronic subdural hematoma (sCSDH) and analyze the technical advantag...
Antithrombotic and Lipid Lowering Therapy is Associated With Improved Survival After Vascular Surgery: A Population Based Study From Norway.
This population based retrospective cohort study aimed to investigate the association of combined treatment with lipid lowering drugs and antiplatelet or anticoagulation therapy and long ter...
Microvascular decompression and trigeminal neuralgia: patient sentiment analysis using natural language processing.
Microvascular decompression (MVD) as a treatment for trigeminal neuralgia (TGN) has high success rate but is associated with risks of complication. This study analyzes Twitter to provide ins...
Vagus nerve stimulation must occur during tactile rehabilitation to enhance somatosensory recovery.
Chronic sensory loss is a common and undertreated consequence of many forms of neurological injury. Emerging evidence indicates that vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) delivered during tactile re...
Targeting androgen receptor in glioblastoma.
Glioblastomas are primary brain tumors that originate from glial stem cells or progenitor cells. There is a large difference in the incidence of glioblastoma between males and females. Studi...
Effectiveness of vagus nerve stimulation for drug-resistant generalized epilepsy in children aged six and younger.
To explore a novel scoring system to evaluate the efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in children with drug-resistant generalized epilepsy (DRGE) aged six and younger.The data of twelv...
INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE EVALUATION IN SWINE DURING FULL-ENDOSCOPIC LUMBAR SPINE SURGERY.
Neurological complications during Full-Endoscopic Spine Surgery(FESS) might be attributed to intracranial pressure(ICP) increase due to continuous saline infusion(CSI). Understanding CSI and...
Mass effect after flow diversion for unruptured large and giant cavernous or paraclinoid internal carotid artery aneurysm.
The mass effect associated with large or giant intracranial aneurysms is difficult for traditional endovascular treatment. This study investigated whether flow diverters can relieve the aneu...
Silent Embolic Infarction after Neuroform Atlas Stent-Assisted Coiling of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms.
There is still controversy regarding whether neck remodeling stent affects the occurrence of silent embolic infarction (SEI) after aneurysm coiling. Thus, the aim of the present study was to...
Clinical Outcomes of Coil Embolization for Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms Categorized by Region and Hospital Size : A Nationwide Cohort Study in Korea.
To analyze the outcomes of coil embolization (CE) for unruptured intracranial aneurysm (UIA) according to region and hospital size based on National Health Insurance Service data in South Ko...
The possible anti-seizure properties of Klotho.
Recurrent seizures in epilepsy may lead to progressive neuronal damage, which can diminish health-related quality of life. Evaluation and control of pathological processes in the brain is va...
Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio and Serum Biomarkers : A Potential Tool for Prediction of Clinically Relevant Cerebral Vasospasm after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a condition characterized by bleeding in the subarachnoid space, often resulting from the rupture of a cerebral aneurysm. Delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) cau...
Altered functional connectivity and network excitability in a model of cortical dysplasia.
Focal cortical dysplasias (FCDs) are malformations of cortical development that often result in medically refractory epilepsy, with a greater incidence in the pediatric population. The relat...
Influence of closed-incision negative-pressure wound therapy on the incidence of surgical site wound infection in patients undergoing spine surgery: A meta-analysis.
The present meta-analysis was conducted to comprehensively assess the impact of closed-incision negative-pressure wound therapy (ciNPWT) on the incidence of surgical site infections (SSIs) i...
Long-term outcomes of valve-sparing aortic root versus composite aortic valve graft replacement for aortic root aneurysm: Meta-analysis of reconstructed time-to-event data.
We aimed to evaluate the long-term outcomes of valve-sparing aortic root replacement (VSARR) versus composite aortic valve graft replacement (CAVGR) for aortic root aneurysms.Meta-analysis o...
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