Exercise is the most recommended treatment for chronic low back pain (CLBP) and is effective in reducing pain, but the mechanisms underlying its effects remain poorly understood. Exercise-induced hypo...
The aim of this study is to compare the level of EIH between participants with and without CLBP following back and wrist exercises and to assess the associations between EIH, psychological factors, an...
Twenty-eight participants with CLBP and 23 without pain were recruited. Pressure pain thresholds (PPT) were measured at 4 sites (2 bony sites = capitate, S1|2 muscle sites = wrist flexors, lumbar erec...
After wrist exercise, EIH measured at the muscle sites was lower in the CLBP group compared with the pain-free group (p = 0.047) but no differences were found at bony sites (p = 0.49). No significant ...
The lower EIH following wrist exercises may represent an alteration in pain modulation control in CLBP. However, psychological factors and central sensitization symptoms may not explain the difference...
This study aims to systematically review the treatment outcomes of percutaneous balloon compression (PBC) and microvascular decompression (MVD) in patients with trigeminal neuralgia....
A systematic review in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guideline was performed using PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Central Registry of Co...
After database searching and screening, 7,797 cases were finally included according to the criteria. The...
Both MVD and PBC provide a satisfactory outcome for the patients in the long term. As a simple, safe, and reliable technique, PBC should be considered as a viable alternative....
Neuropathy can have many causes, some less well known than others. In this article, we present the case of a young man with progressive neurological deficit over several months. The cause was found to...
A 57-year-old man presented with headache, transient right upper extremity weakness and numbness one month after recovery from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). His medical history included Graves'...
Previous studies have shown radioulnar wrist compression augments carpal arch space. This study investigated the effects of radioulnar wrist compression on patient-reported outcomes associated with ca...
Mobility declines in older adults can be determined through monitoring longitudinal changes in gait speed. We examined longitudinal changes [in] ankle proprioception among those with and without basel...
Retrospective multicenter study with propensity score matching....
To compare the clinical outcomes of single-level and multilevel intervertebral decompression for cervical degenerative radiculopathy....
In patients with cervical radiculopathy, physical examination findings are sometimes inconsistent with imaging data. Multilevel decompression may be necessary for multiple foraminal stenosis. Addition...
The data of patients with spinal surgery for pure cervical radiculopathy were collected. Patients were categorized into the single-level (SLDG) or multilevel (MLDG) intervertebral decompression group ...
Among the 357 patients in this study, SLDG and MLDG comprised 231 and 126 patients, respectively. Two groups (n=112, each) were created by propensity score matching. Compared with the MLDG, the SLDG h...
In patients with cervical radiculopathy, the surgical outcomes of the SLDG showed better improvement in clinical outcomes than those of the MLDG. Numbness remained on the distal (arms) rather than the...
Post-traumatic trigeminal neuropathic pain is mainly caused by the extraction of third molars or the placement of dental implants. This report describes the treatment of neuropathic pain arising after...
Free fibula flap is the first choice for jaw reconstruction in head and neck oncology, but postoperative complications in donor site are ignored always. The main purpose of this study was to investiga...
Data were retrospectively collected on 31 patients who had undergone immediate mandibular reconstruction with a fibular flap after segmental mandibulectomy from 2013 to 2018 in Shanghai Ninth People's...
The most commonly encountered complication in our series was dorsiflexion disorder, flexion deformity, numbness of the lateral side of the lower leg, and dorsum of the foot. Ten patients (32.26%) deve...
The incidence of dorsiflexion disorder and flexion deformity is higher in patients after fibula transplantation. The less the residual length of fibular distal, the more obvious the long-term complica...
The long-term complications of donor site after fibular transplantation seriously affect the quality of life of patients and provide clinical reference for further reducing the occurrence of donor sit...
Tumors involving the anterior portion of the maxillary sinus remain technically challenging to access via an endoscopic approach. The modified endoscopic Denker's (MED) procedure was recently introduc...
A multi-institution retrospective chart review was performed on patients who underwent the MED approach for the management of tumors involving the anterior maxillary sinus from 2009 to 2020. Demograph...
Fifty-eight patients were identified, including 34 (58.6%) male and 24 (41.4%) female patients. The most common pathologies included: inverted papilloma (n = 27; 46.6%), adenoid cystic carcinoma (n = ...
The MED procedure is a safe and highly effective approach for benign and malignant tumors involving the anterior maxillary sinus. However, patients should be counseled preoperatively on potential comp...
