The International journal of neuroscience
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effects of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on reducing hemiplegic shoulder pain in patients with chronic stoke: a randomized controlled trial.
To examine whether high-frequency (10 Hz) repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), applied over the primary motor cortex of the affected hemisphere, could be used to manage hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP). ⋯ High-frequency rTMS could be used as a safe, beneficial therapeutic tool to manage HSP. We think it can be used as an adjuvant therapeutic modality to enhance the therapeutic outcome of HSP.
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Thymectomy is the first-line therapy for thymomatous myasthenia gravis patients. The aim of this study is to explore the clinical outcome and predictors of postoperative myasthenic crisis (POMC) in these patients. ⋯ The important risk factors for developing POMC in thymomatous myasthenia gravis patients include the preoperative bulbar symptoms and incomplete resection of thymoma. Moreover, the patients with POMC had a worse prognosis compared with patients without POMC. Our study highlights the need of appropriate preoperative management of thymomatous myasthenia gravis patients to prevent the occurrence of POMC.