M Gourie-DeviNeurology India 2020 68(2):268-269
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E Prasanna Venkatesan, N BalamuruganNeurology India 2020 68(2):502-503
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Ramesh S Doddamani, Manjari Tripathi, Raghu Samala, Mohit Agarwal, Bhargavi Ramanujan, Sarat P ChandraNeurology India 2020 68(2):270-273 The posterior quadratic epilepsy (PQE) is a form of a multilobar epilepsy, involving the temporal-parietal and occipital lobes. Basically, epilepsies with localized networks to the posterior temporal, posterior parietal, and occipital lobes can benefit from this type of surgery. Gliosis due to perinatal insult and cortical dysplasis and angiomas in Sturge Weber...
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F Freua, BD Ripa, L IMacedo-Souza, AR B Paiva, F KokNeurology India 2020 68(2):524-524
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Jyotirmoy Banerjee, Manjari Tripathi, P Sarat Chandra, Aparna Banerjee DixitNeurology India 2020 68(2):274-275
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Kartik Manoj Multani, Anandh Balasubramaniam, Boyina Jagadishwar Rajesh, Maila Sharath Kumar, Nitin Manohara, Anjani KumarNeurology India 2020 68(2):413-418 Objective: In India, few centers are using 1.5 Tesla intraoperative MRI systems. We are using a 3 Tesla iMRI system. We share our initial experience of 3T iMRI in neurosurgical procedures with evaluation of its utility and pitfalls. Methods: A prospective observational study conducted between August 2017 to July 2018 at Yashoda Hospital,...
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Thimappa HegdeNeurology India 2020 68(2):276-277
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Yong Sun, Qing Chang, Wei You, Peng Liu, Xianli Lv, Youxiang Li, Ming LvNeurology India 2020 68(2):440-447 Aim: We aimed to determine the safety and effectiveness of endovascular treatment for cerebellar arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). Materials and Methods: Between January 2006 and January 2016, 75 patients with cerebellar AVMs underwent endovascular treatment at our department. The clinical and angiographic features, post-procedure complications, occlusion rate, and follow-up outcomes...
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Pendem Saikiran, Priyanka Neurology India 2020 68(2):278-281 The incidence and prevalence of Parkinson's (PD) are increasing rapidly in developing countries. PD is difficult to diagnose based on clinical assessment. Presently, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods such as R2* and Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) were found to be useful in diagnosing the PD based on the iron deposition in different regions of the brain. The objective of this review was to evaluate the efficacy of QSM...
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Associations between serum tau, neurological outcome, and cognition following traumatic brain injury
Ping Ni, Yuting Qiao, Wusong Tong, Chunfang Zhao, Ping ZhengNeurology India 2020 68(2):462-467 Objective: To investigate the dynamic change in the serum Tau protein early after acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its association with neurological outcome and cognitive function. Subjects and Methods: Around 229 patients with acute TBI and 30 healthy subjects were evaluated for the serum levels of Tau protein on 1, 3, 5, 7, and 14 days after TBI. The relationships of the serum levels of...
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Ricardo Garcia-Cazares, Marlon Merlos-Benitez, Juan M Marquez-RomeroNeurology India 2020 68(2):282-287 The actual investigation of the body of a patient by the clinician in search for the signs of the disease beginning with the primary vital signs and continues with the careful and attentive observation of the patient. This article reviews the key findings in the physical examination of patients with ischemic stroke that have the potential to indicate the etiology of the infarct and to help to...
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Mehmet Fatih Erbay, Ozden KamisliNeurology India 2020 68(2):478-480 Multiple sclerosis is a major cause of neurological disability, especially in young adults. There have been several case reports of an increased risk of cancer after long-term treatment for multiple sclerosis. Fingolimod is an immunomodulating agent used in the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. The side effects commonly associated with fingolimod are cardiac side effects, macular edema, and elevated liver enzyme...
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M Nagappa, AB TalyNeurology India 2020 68(2):288-289
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Ajay Sasidharan, Anuj Verma, Sridhar Epari, Tejpal Gupta, Siddhartha Laskar, Nehal Khanna, Rahul Krishnartry, Bhausaheb Bagel, Hasmukh Jain, Jayant S GodaNeurology India 2020 68(2):489-492 Intracranial Rosai-Dorfman Destombes (RDD) disease is a rare entity. Lesions can lead to cranial nerve palsies and visual loss, especially in suprasellar location. Resection is considered to be definitive treatment; however, complete excision is difficult to achieve in view of the close proximity of critical...
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Harsh Deora, Manjul Tripathi, Manoj K Tewari, Chirag Kamal Ahuja, Narendra Kumar, Amanjot Kaur, Parwinder KambojNeurology India 2020 68(2):290-298 Gamma knife for gliomas is a relatively obscure treatment modality with few reports and small series available on the same. An extensive search of English Language literature yields no comprehensive reviews of the same. We here, attempt to review the available literature on gamma knife for all types of gliomas: Low grade, High grade, recurrent, and...
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Vikram V Holla, Shailesh Shivraj Pene, MN Rakesh SharmaNeurology India 2020 68(2):498-499
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Ce Zhu, Siqing Huang, Yueming Song, Hao Liu, Limin Liu, Xi Yang, Chunguang Zhou, Bowen Hu, Haifeng ChenNeurology India 2020 68(2):299-304 Background: The treatment of the syrinx prior to correction of the scoliosis in syringomyelia-associated scoliosis (SMS) patients remains controversial. The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of the syrinx size in the management of SMS patients. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study of 36 SMS patients. They were divided into 2 groups:...
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Seham Syeda, Sangeetha R Palaniswamy, Kamath SriganeshNeurology India 2020 68(2):507-508
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Commentary on surgical treatment of scoliosis-associated with syringomyelia: The role of syrinx size
Richard Menger, Anthony SinNeurology India 2020 68(2):305-306
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Rui Ban, Xianghui Lu, Chuanqiang Pu, Qiang Shi, Huifang Wang, Huaxu Liu, Yutong Zhang, Fang FangNeurology India 2020 68(2):518-521
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Aparna Banerjee Dixit, Arpna Srivastava, Devina Sharma, Manjari Tripathi, Debasmita Paul, Sanjeev Lalwani, Ramesh Doddamani, MC Sharma, Jyotirmoy Banerjee, P Sarat ChandraNeurology India 2020 68(2):307-313 Background and Aims: DNA methylation and demethylation play a crucial role in the regulation of gene expression, though their interplay during pathogenesis of hippocampal scelerosis (HS) remains elusive. The present study was designed to investigate the DNA methylation regulated changes in...
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Vitaliano Francesco MuziiNeurology India 2020 68(2):528-529
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Mujeeba Rehman, Vipul Agarwal, Kanika Sharma, Vikas MishraNeurology India 2020 68(2):314-315
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Gábor Fekete, László Bognár, Emanuel Gutema, László NovákNeurology India 2020 68(2):407-412 Aim: To summarize our experience gathered during the use of different intraoperative electrophysiological modalities in children. Materials and Methods: We analyzed the data collected from 96 pediatric neurosurgical interventions. During the operations, we used a combination of intraoperative electrophysiological examinations tailored to the actual pathologies. The modalities included cortical and...
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Vivek Singh, Rajendra Vishnu Phadke, Vivek Agarwal, Sanjay Behari, Zafar Neyaz, Gaurav ChauhanNeurology India 2020 68(2):316-324 Background and Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate posterior cerebral artery (PCA) aneurysms along with the efficacy, safety, procedural, and clinical outcome of the endovascular management of these aneurysms. We studied different techniques of endovascular treatment such as selective aneurysmal coiling, parent artery occlusion, and stent-assisted coiling...
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Narayanam A Sai Kiran, Dilip Mohan, Laxminadh Sivaraju, Vivek Raj, Kanneganti Vidyasagar, Alangar S HegdeNeurology India 2020 68(2):419-426 Aim: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of adenosine-induced transient asystole (AITA) during surgery for basilar artery aneurysms. Materials and Methods: All the patients with basilar artery aneurysms operated using AITA at our institute during two years period (August 2013–July 2015) were included in this study. Results: Adenosine was used in 11...
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Rimal H Dossani, David Smolar, Muhammad WaqasNeurology India 2020 68(2):325-326
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Mayadhar Barik, Rahmat Bano, Minu Bajpai, Madhavi Tripathy, Sambhunath Das, Sadananda DwivediNeurology India 2020 68(2):435-439 Introduction: Craniosynostosis (CS) syndrome is an autosomal dominant condition (ADC) classically combining with CS and nonsyndromic CS (NSCS) including digital anomalies of the hands and feet. The majority of cases caused by a heterozygous mutation (HM) in the third immunoglobulin-like domain (IgIII) of fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) 2 mutations outside this...
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Dong Zhao, Xuejun He, Luna Liu, Qi Liu, Hui Xu, Yunxiang Ji, Licang Zhu, Ganggang Wang, Jian Xu, Yezhong WangNeurology India 2020 68(2):327-332 Objectives: Microvessel constriction plays an important role in delayed cerebral ischemia after aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). This constriction has been demonstrated in both animal model and clinical operation. The present study examined the time-related membrane potential (Em) alteration of arterioles isolated from SAH model rats and the...
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Raghav Singla, Pankaj K Singh, Gaurav Khanna, Vaishali Suri, Deepak Agarwal, PS Chandra, SS Kale, AK MahapatraNeurology India 2020 68(2):448-453 Background: Spinal hemangiopericytoma is very rare tumors with only a few case reports and one case series. We have treated ten patients between 2004 and 2017 and, thus, present a retrospective review of our patients with a focus on clinical presentation, radiological features, management, pathology, and outcome. Materials and Methods: Histopathological...
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Jayesh Sardhara, Arun K Srivastava, Satya deo Pandey, Amit Keshri, Anant Mehrotra, Kuntal K Das, Kamleshsingh Bhaishora, Awadesh Jaiswal, Sanjay BehariNeurology India 2020 68(2):333-339 Background: This prospective study analyzes the factors responsible for pre and postoperative persistent tinnitus following vestibular schwannoma (VS) surgery and discusses the possible etiopathogenetic mechanisms. Materials and Methods: Sixty-seven consecutive patients with unilateral VS operated via the...
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Harnarayan Singh, Rana Patir, Sandeep Vaishya, Rahul Miglani, Amandeep KaurNeurology India 2020 68(2):458-461 Abstract: Background and Aims: External ventricular drainage (EVD) is one of the commonest procedures in neurosurgical practice to manage acute hydrocephalus. We evaluated the infectious and non-infectious complications associated with a modified technique for EVD using an Ommaya reservoir. Methods: Ommaya reservoir was placed in all patients who required EVD placement for CSF...
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Simon Rajaratnam, Lakshmanan Jeyaseelan, Vedantam RajshekharNeurology India 2020 68(2):340-345 Background: Delayed hyponatremia is a serious complication seen after pituitary surgery. We document the incidence, presentation, outcome and risk factors for this condition. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study involving 222 patients operated for nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenomas between 2007-2016. Delayed hyponatremia was defined as serum sodium <135 mmol/L, occurring...
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Ganesh Swaminathan, Vetrivel Muralidharan, Devadhas Devakumar, Baylis Vivek JosephNeurology India 2020 68(2):468-471 Background: Thoracic spine has complex pedicle anatomy with a narrow canal diameter which makes pedicle screw insertion challenging. Fennell et al. have described a simple freehand technique of thoracic pedicle screw placement. We have tested the accuracy of Fennell technique using computed tomography-based (CT-based) simulation model with pedicle screw simulator (PSS). Methods:...
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Mohd Iqbal, Sumaiya Irfan, Jawahar L Goyal, Daljit Singh, Hukum Singh, Gautam DuttaNeurology India 2020 68(2):346-351 Introduction: Pituitary adenomas comprise approximately 10% of all intracranial tumors. Initially, subtle changes occur in the field of vision, which are difficult to assess clinically. It has been seen that following surgery of pituitary macroadenoma, total recovery of normal vision occurs in 35% of the patients, improvement of vision occurs in 60%, and in the rest there is no...
Fri May 15, 2020 00:00
Xingyu Liu, Mohan Giri, Weihao Ling, Tingsong LiNeurology India 2020 68(2):474-477 Optic neuritis is an inflammatory demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system. Anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) antibodies encephalitis is also mediated by the inappropriate immunological response. We report a girl who was readmitted because of unilateral eye pain and vision impairment in the remission period of anti-NMDAR encephalitis. Based on the limited available literature on the treatment of optic neuritis...
Fri May 15, 2020 00:00
Sheffali Gulati, Lokesh Saini, Jaya Shankar Kaushik, Biswaroop Chakrabarty, NK Arora, Ravindra M Pandey, Rajesh Sagar, Savita Sapra, Shobha Sharma, Vinod K PaulNeurology India 2020 68(2):352-357 Background: The current study was planned at a tertiary centre in northern India to develop and validate a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5 (DSM-5)-based diagnostic tool and design a severity score for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children aged 6–18 years. An existing DSM-IV-based...
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Kuo-Wei Lee, Ching-Fang Chien, Meng-Ni Wu, Chiou-Lian Lai, Li-Min LiouNeurology India 2020 68(2):481-482 In order to make a correct diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD), it is essential to exclude atypical parkinsonian features, such as early dementia, fall, and autonomic dysfunction. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which is a systemic inflammatory disorder, although most patients present in a polyarticular manner. Still some may also present with extra-articular involvement including...
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Guru S Gowda, Narayana Manjunatha, Karishma Kulkarni, Virupakshappa Irappa Bagewadi, R PS Shyam, Vinay Basavaraju, Manjunatha B Ramesh, Shashidhara Harihara Nagabhushana, Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar, Girish Baburao Kulkarni, Suresh Bada MathNeurology India 2020 68(2):358-363 Background: Neurology services in rural and semi-urban part of India are very limited, due to poor infrastructure, resources, and manpower. Tele-neurology consultations at a non-urban setup can be considered as an alternative...
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