The intermittent pneumatic compression device (IPCD) is prophylaxis for prevention of deep-venous thrombosis (DVT). This pneumatic leg sleeve has been used extensively in high-risk surgical patients, without complication. We describe two cases, one with peroneal neuropathy and the other with compartment syndrome, associated with IPCD use during surgery. Case 1 involves a patient with pancreatic...

Patients with symptoms from compression of the neurovascular bundle in the thoracic outlet are described as having thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS), which is best thought of as three conditions classified according to which structures are involved. The purpose of this article is to review the role of imaging in evaluation of patients with TOS, beginning with diagnosis and extending through postop...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this prospective study was to demonstrate the influence of some factors on the prognosis of microvascular decompression in 37 patients with trigeminal neuralgia. METHODS The results of microvascular decompression (MVD) in 37 patients with trigeminal neuralgia were evaluated at 6 months after surgery and were compared with clinical and operative findings. RESULTS The sex...

BACKGROUND Myelopathy from ectatic vertebral artery compression of the spinal cord at the cervicomedullary junction is a rare condition. CASE DESCRIPTION A 63-year-old female was originally diagnosed with occult hydrocephalus syndrome after presenting with symptoms of ataxia and urinary incontinence. Ventriculoperitoneal shunting induced an acute worsening of the patient's symptoms as she imm...

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a sudden, severe, brief, stabbing and recurrent pain within one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve. Although multiple mechanism involving peripheral pathologies at root (compression or traction), dysfunctions of brain stem, basal ganglion and cortical pain modulatory mechanisms could have role, neurovascular conflict (NCV) is most accepted theory. Patients wit...

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) has devastating consequences on brain function including profound effects on communication between neurons and the vasculature leading to cerebral ischemia. Physiologically, neurovascular coupling represents a focal increase in cerebral blood flow to meet increased metabolic demand of neurons within active regions of the brain. Neurovascular coupling is ...

AIM To study the state of statokinetic stability in patients with recurrent vestibular dysfunction caused by the vascular compression of the cochlea-vestibular nerve. MATERIAL AND METHODS Authors examined 30 patients with recurrent vestibular dysfunction in which neuroimaging studies revealed the vessel adjacent to the cochlea-vestibular nerve. Statokinetic stability evaluation was selected a...