PURPOSE To evaluate the surgical outcome of deep lateral orbital decompression with or without rim removal. DESIGN Retrospective case series. METHODS Thirty-two patients (47 orbits) with Graves' orbitopathy who underwent simple deep lateral decompression or balanced lateral plus medial decompression. Of the 14 patients (24 orbits) who underwent simple deep lateral decompression, 8 (13 orbit...

Wichita, Kan. Background: Surgical decompression of various trigger sites has been shown by two authors to relieve migraine headaches. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of surgical decompression of multiple migraine trigger sites in a clinical practice setting, and to compare the results to those previously published. Methods: A retrospective, descriptive analysis was ...

BACKGROUND Surgical decompression of various trigger sites has been shown by two authors to relieve migraine headaches. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of surgical decompression of multiple migraine trigger sites in a clinical practice setting, and to compare the results to those previously published. METHODS A retrospective, descriptive analysis was performed on 1...

For patients with metastatic disease to the spine there are numerous surgical approaches for decompression of neural elements and maintenance of mechanical stability. The challenge is to accomplish this while minimizing patient morbidity. Here we report on the feasibility and utility of a minimally invasive extreme lateral approach to the mid to high thoracic spine for anterior decompression an...

Spinal stenosis was described, for the first time, as one of the causes of neural compression by Bailey and Casamajor (1) in 1911. Later, in 1954, it was described by Verbiest (2) as the typical clinical presentation of bilateral neurogenic claudication, which is provoked by prolonged standing and lower back extension and relieved by sitting and flexing the lumbar spine. Degenerative lumbar spi...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. OBJECTIVE We reviewed cases of surgically treated cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) or chronic, degenerative myelopathy of the subaxial cervical spine to study the incidence of inadequate surgical decompression. METHODS We included all persons treated at our institution after a first surgical decompression for CSM over a 3-year period. Inadequate origin...

First proposed by De Wecker! in 1872 as a treatment for neuroretinitis, optic nerve sheath decompression (or fenestration) is an operation that has caused much controversy. This surgical therapy was not seriously considered until Davidson" and Smith, Hoyt, and Newton" reintroduced it in 1969 as an alternative therapy for chronic disk edema. Over the next 19 years, however, only about 60 cases o...

Contribution of decompressive laparotomy within the framework of the complex therapeutic algorithm of abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is cited with an extremely heterogeneous percentage in terms of survival. The purpose of this study was to present new data regarding contribution of each therapeutic step toward decreasing the mortality of this syndrome.This is a longitudinal prospective st...

Facial nerve palsy may represent an important complication of head trauma; yet, an adequate surgical treatment can reduce negative effects of such injuries. The surgical treatment usually consists of nerve decompression, nerve anastomosis and graft technique with n. auricularis magnus. In this study a retrospective analysis of the patients treated from the traumatic facial palsy in a ten-year p...

AIM To evaluate the clinical effect of micro-surgical decompression of greater occipital nerve for greater occipital neuralgia (GON). MATERIAL AND METHODS 76 patients underwent surgical decompression of the great occipital nerve. A nerve block was tested before operation. The headache rapidly resolved after infiltration of 1% Lidocaine near the tender area of the nerve trunk. RESULTS 89 pro...