Neurological research
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Neurological research · May 2016
Internal maxillary artery to intracranial artery bypass: a case series of 31 patients with chronic internal carotid/middle cerebral arterial-sclerotic steno-occlusive disease.
To evaluate the effectiveness of internal maxillary artery (IMA) - radial artery graft (RAG) - middle cerebral artery (MCA) bypass surgery for chronic arterial-sclerotic severe stenosis or occlusion of the internal carotid artery (ICA) or MCA. ⋯ By supplying an adequate flow to a larger flow territory of chronically stenotic/occlusive major cerebral arteries, IMA bypass surgery is efficient for restoring hemodynamics in selected patients and improving their neurological deficits.
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Neurological research · May 2016
Multicenter StudyEndovascular treatment of intracraneal aneurysm with pipeline embolization device: experience in four centres in Barcelona.
Flow diverters represent a useful tool in the treatment of fusiform aneurysms and wide-neck saccular aneurysms which until the advent of this technology were problematic to treat. Pipeline™ Embolization Device (PED) has been described in several series showing high rates of occlusion and being relatively safe. ⋯ Treatment by PED of fusiform or wide-neck saccular aneurysms is associated with high rates of occlusion after six and 12 months. Correct selection of the patients, aneurysms and also specific characteristics of the Pipeline device should be known in order to select the best therapeutic option. Our findings suggest that the indication must be judged case by case in the selection of suitable patients for PED therapy.
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Neurological research · May 2016
Correlative factors of cognitive dysfunction in PD patients: a cross-sectional study from Southwest China.
Cognitive dysfunction is common in Parkinson's disease (PD). A comprehensive understanding of cognitive dysfunction and its correlative factors in Chinese PD patients were not available. ⋯ Age, sex, education level, bradykinesia score, and presence of urinary symptoms are correlative factors of cognitive dysfunction in Chinese PD patients.
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Neurological research · May 2016
Evaluation of artificial nerve conduit and autografts in peripheral nerve repair in the rat model of sciatic nerve injury.
To investigate the therapeutic effect of artificial nerve conduit in the sciatic nerve injury and repair in the rat model. ⋯ The results suggest that artificial nerve conduit facilitated functional and morphological regeneration of the nerve. It seemed more effective than CCA but inferior to sciatic nerve autograft in repairing sciatic nerve injury in the rat model.