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Intra-individual evaluation of results between open and endoscopic release in bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome

ABSTRACT Objective: The authors performed an intra-individual comparison of surgical results between the open and endoscopic surgical techniques in patients with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. Each hand was submitted to surgery using one of these techniques. Methods: Fifteen patients (30 hands) were...

Histiocitosis de células de Langerhans con compromiso vertebral

Resumen: Introducción: La histiocitosis de células de Langerhans (HCL) es un trastorno histiocítico raro y su incidencia exacta se mantiene desconocida; se ha diagnosticado en todos los grupos de edad, pero es más común en los primeros 3 años de vida. Se caracteriza por lesiones únicas o múltipl...

Técnica endonasal para cirurgia de descompressão orbitária em paciente com exoftalmopatia de Graves

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 77 (2), 2018
Resumo Paciente do sexo feminino, 29 anos, ex-tabagista, diagnosticada em setembro de 2012 com doença de Graves e apresentação rápida de exoftalmia bilateral. Na avaliação oftalmológica, apresentava motilidade preservada, proptose e bolsa de gordura superior em AO com retração de PPSS e PPII e e...

Descompresión ósea metafisaria del radio distal para estadios tempranos de la enfermedad de Kienböck: Seguimiento mínimo de 10 años
Metaphyseal bone decompression of distal radius for early stages of Kienböck’s disease. Minimum follow-up of 10 years

Introducción: El objetivo de este estudio es analizar los resultados clínicos y radiológicos a largo plazo de una serie de pacientes con enfermedad de Kienböck en estadios II y IIIA de la clasificación de Lichtman, tratados mediante descompresión metafisaria del radio distal. Materiales y Métodos:...

Comparison between early and delayed facial nerve decompression in traumatic facial nerve paralysis - A retrospective study

CoDAS; 30 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT Purpose To study the intraoperative findings in case of early and delayed decompression of facial nerve paralysis and compare their results. Methods Retrospective data analysis of 23 cases of longitudinal temporal bone fracture with House-Brackmann grade V and VI facial nerve paralysis. All ca...

Posterior fossa decompression with duraplasty in Chiari surgery: A technical note

Summary Chiari malformation (CM) is the most common and prevalent symptomatic congenital craniocervical malformation. Radiological diagnosis is established when the cerebellar tonsils are located 5 mm or more below the level of the foramen magnum on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Surgical treatment is...

Modified simple decompression in the treatment of cubital tunnel syndrome: avoiding ulnar nerve subluxation

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective In this study, we propose a modification to the simple decompression technique that contains the ulnar nerve in the cubital fossa, thus preventing subluxation during forearm flexion movements. Methods Five consecutive patients with leprosy-associated cubital tunnel syndrome underwe...

Reclassification and treatment of odontogenic keratocysts: A cohort study

Abstract: The odontogenic keratocyst (OKC) is a recurrent cyst that has been recently reclassified from an odontogenic tumor to an odontogenic cyst. The aim of the present study was to investigate its treatment and address issues related to its association with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS...

Management of degenerative cervical myelopathy - An update

SUMMARY Introduction Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is the most common cause of spinal cord dysfunction in adult patients. Patients generally present with a slow, progressive neurological decline or a stepwise deterioration pattern. In this paper, we discuss the most important factors involved i...

Surgical treatment of traumatic cervical facet dislocation: anterior, posterior or combined approaches?

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (9), 2016
ABSTRACT Surgical treatment is well accepted for patients with traumatic cervical facet joint dislocations (CFD), but there is uncertainty over which approach is better: anterior, posterior or combined. We performed a systematic literature review to evaluate the indications for anterior and posterior app...