Delayed Neurological Improvement

Delayed neurological sequelae after carbon monoxide poisoning.

Delayed Posthypoxic Leukoencephalopathy: Improvement with Antioxidant Therapy.

INTRODUCTION Delayed posthypoxic leukoencephalopathy (DPHL) may result from a variety of hypoxic insults, including respiratory depression from an opiate overdose. The underlying pathophysiological mechanism of DPHL remains uncertain. We describe a patient with a typical case of DPHL who responded clinically to antioxidant treatment. METHODS Clinical, serological, and radiographic investigati...

Delayed Improvement after Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release

OBJECTIVE In most patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), pain and/or paresthesia disappeared or decreased in a month after endoscopic carpal tunnel release (ECTR). However, subpopulation of patients showed delayed improvement following ECTR. We analyzed the delayed improvement hands to investigate the characteristics of those patients and to determine the predictable factors of delayed imp...

Delayed traumatic spinal epidural hematoma with neurological deficits.

UNLABELLED To describe the mechanism that causes spinal epidural hematoma with neurologic deficit and review the literature. We report a case of a 62-year-old man with post-traumatic epidural hematoma in the cervicothoracic spine, who developed progressive neurological deficit which eventually resulted in complete paralysis below T1. During surgical evacuation significant spine compression due ...

Neurological outcome following early versus delayed lower cervical spine surgery.

PURPOSE To determine whether the timing of surgery affects neurological outcome in patients with lower cervical spine trauma. METHODS 29 patients with a fracture and 38 with a fracture-dislocation of C3 to C7 cervical vertebrae were treated operatively during the inclusive period January 1987 to December 2000. Surgery was performed as soon as the patient's medical condition allowed, within 72...