The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of cast-related complications when using split or intact casts. A total of 60 patients aged 3 to 13 years with closed shaft or distal third radius and ulna fractures requiring reduction were recruited for this study. Patients underwent closed reduction under sedation and were placed into a long-arm fiberglass cast with 1 of 3 modifications: no...

Neurology treats brain and spinal cord problems. Neurological devices that improve hearing vision can diagnose, prevent, treat many neurological disorders conditions, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, major depression, epilepsy, injury, damage. Neurovascular stents for aneurysms are a promising new treatment. This article discusses the latest US device regulatory framework marketing approval ...

Approximately five million people suffer with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and more than twenty-four million people are diagnosed with AD, pre-senile dementia, and other disorders of cognitive loss worldwide. Furthermore, the annual cost per patient with AD can approach $200,000 with an annual population aggregate cost of $100 billion. Yet, complete therapeutic prevention or reversal of neurovascul...

Aging is associated with a number of degenerative changes in the structure and function of blood vessels. Recent studies have examined the impact of age on cerebral hemodynamics and brain structure and function. These studies have shown age related changes in resting cerebral blood flow, cerebral vasoreactivity, cerebral autoregulation, and neurovascular coupling. Studies have also shown that a...

Nonmissile penetrating intracranial injuries are uncommon events in modern times. Most reported cases describe trajectories through the orbit, skull base foramina, or areas of thin bone such as the temporal squama. Patients who survive such injuries and come to medical attention often require foreign body removal. Critical neurovascular structures are often damaged or at risk of additional inju...

Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of death and disability, and the mechanisms involved in the neurovascular deterioration after stroke are multifactorial and highly complicated. Hyperglycemia is one of the factors that worsen the neurovascular injury, and it is considered an independent predictor of poor clinical outcomes after stroke. Almost 50% of patients with acute ischemic stroke were pre...

BACKGROUND Although percutaneous trigger digit release is common, controversy exists regarding its safety. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of the neurovascular displacement by local hydraulic dilatation (LHD) during percutaneous trigger digit release. MATERIAL AND METHODS Ten cadaver hands with 50 digits were dissected in this anatomical study. The distance ...

Cortical spreading depolarization causes a breakdown of electrochemical gradients following acute brain injury, and also elicits dynamic changes in regional cerebral blood flow that range from physiological neurovascular coupling (hyperaemia) to pathological inverse coupling (hypoperfusion). In this study, we determined whether pathological inverse neurovascular coupling occurred as a mechanism...