Cycling is a popular means of transport and recreational activity; bicycles are also a source of genitourinary injuries and there is the idea that cycling may have a significant impact on sexual funct...
We used a questionnaire comparing amateur cyclists (n = 199) and footballers (n = 43), regarding sexual related comorbidities and hours of practice per week. The cyclists were also characterized in te...
there was no difference in International Index of Erectile Function total score between groups. Age and presence of erectile dysfunction associated comorbidity were negative factors in the Internation...
Cycling is usually associated with perineal numbness, but that numbness did not lead to lower International Index of Erectile Function scores. In conclusion amateur cycling has no effect on EF....
Osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF) accompanying huge spinal epidural hematoma (SEH) is fairly rare. The aim of this report is to investigate the management strategies and treatment out...
An 89-year-old female patient was admitted to hospital because of severe back pain and numbness of both lower limbs after a slight fall. The magnetic resonance imaging examination of the patient showe...
The patient was diagnosed with OVCF accompanying SEH....
Given mild neurologic deficits, the hematoma was not treated, and the patient underwent percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) only....
After the procedure, immediate pain relief was achieved and the numbness of both lower limbs disappeared 3 days later. Three months after the procedure, the follow-up magnetic resonance imaging reveal...
OVCF accompanying SEH is fairly rare, and the exact pathophysiological mechanisms are still not clear. In selected patients without or with only slight neurologic symptoms, it is reasonable to perform...
To assess whether saphenous somatosensory-evoked potentials (saphSSEP) monitoring may provide predictive information of femoral nerve health during prone lateral interbody fusion (LIF) procedures....
Intraoperative details were captured prospectively in consecutive prone LIF surgeries at a single institution. Triggered electromyography was used during the approach; saphSSEP was monitored throughou...
Fifty-nine patients (58% female, mean age 64, mean BMI 32) underwent LIF at 95 total levels, inclusive of L4-5 in 76%, fixated via percutaneous pedicle screws (81%) or lateral plate, with direct decom...
SaphSSEP was reliably monitored in most cases and provided actionable feedback that was highly predictive of neurological events during LIF....
Diagnostic: individual cross-sectional studies with consistently applied reference standard and blinding....
(1) Identification of musculoskeletal risk factors for healthcare providers suffering low back pain (LBP) and the creation of risk profiles for those individuals and (2) analyze the impact of a workpl...
A total of 3040 employees at an academic healthcare center underwent a computer-adaptive survey of health-related quality of life (HRQOL), biometric tests, and a disability and functional movement ass...
Of the 3040 healthcare providers enrolled in this study, 77% identified with non-specific LBP with greater weakness, numbness, reduced flexibility, and physical activity. The major predictive risk fac...
A high proportion of healthcare providers suffer from LBP as a result of the nature of their work. Disability and functional outcomes measurements and PROMIS results quantitatively assess healthcare p...
Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent, lipid peroxidation-driven cell death pathway, while Parkinson's disease (PD) patients exhibit iron deposition and lipid peroxidation in the brain. Thus, the features ...
One of the common mechanical complications following spinal fusion surgery is proximal junctional failure (PJF). The incidence of neurological deficit associated with PJF has been poorly described in ...
A 71-year-old female underwent corrective fusion surgery. Three weeks later, she complained of persistent right leg numbness. Standing X-ray showed the back-out of the pedicle screws (PSs) in the uppe...
The first reason for the delayed diagnosis was the lack of awareness that leg numbness could occur as the first symptom of PJF. The second problem was the lack of evidence for spinal cord compression ...
Loosened PSs caused dynamic cord compression due to repeated deviation and reduction. Supine and standing radiographs may be an important tool in the diagnosis of PJF induced by dynamic cord compressi...
Chiari malformation type I (CM-I) with cervicothoracic syringomyelia can progress slowly this condition which is very common in clinical practice, particularly in children....
Patients typically present with chronic complaints, including headache, dizziness, and numbness, although are few reports in the literature describing pediatric patients who developed acute neurologic...
This is an illustrated case report and literature review. The patient's condition improved post-operatively; in terms of arm and hand swelling which resolved, but he still complained of persistent num...
Many studies have reported a poor prognosis for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) patients with cardiac involvement....
A woman developed EGPA at 37 years of age, with weight loss, numbness in the right upper and lower extremities, muscle weakness, skin rash, abdominal pain, chest pain, an increased peripheral blood eo...
Autopsy showed bronchopneumonia in the lower lung lobes on both sides, as well as infiltration of inflammatory cells, including neutrophils and lymphocytes. There was no evidence of active vasculitis ...
To our knowledge, there have been no autopsy reports of EGPA patients who have survived for 34 years with recurrent cardiac lesions. In this case, the cardiac involvement (active vasculitis and eosino...
To evaluate whether intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM), including pre-embolization lidocaine injection challenge ("provocative testing") is associated with reduced risk of irreversible nerve injury...
Medical records of patients with peripheral AVMs who underwent embolotherapy with IONM with provocative testing between 2012 and 2021 were reviewed retrospectively. Data collected included patient dem...
A cohort of 17 patients (mean age, 27 years ± 19; 5 women) who underwent 59 image-guided embolization procedures with adequate IONM data was identified. No permanent neurologic deficits occurred. Tran...
IONM, including provocative testing, during AVM embolization may minimize potential nerve injury....
This study aims to discuss the availability of robot-assisted percutaneous balloon compression (PBC) for trigeminal neuralgia (TN) and share our preliminary experiences....
Patients with TN who underwent robot-assisted PBC from June to September 2022 were enrolled. We designed a fixing plug for robot-assisted PBC, three-dimensional structured light registration was used,...
Eventually, nine patients were enrolled, the structured light registrations were successfully finished in all patients with a mean registration error of 0.68 mm. All the punctures of foramen ovales we...
Three-dimensional structured light registration and robot assisted PBC is an effective choice for patients with TN. Extension line between the medial third of the inner and outer aperture of foramen o...
