Publications by authors named "A Renders"
Introduction: Abdominal wall closure in postoperative burst abdomen remains challenging. Different techniques vary between definitive closure and temporary closure. The aim of this study was to examine the short-term outcomes for different closure techniques.
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- The study focuses on the early detection and intervention of unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP) in infants to enhance long-term motor skills through a specific therapy called HABIT-ILE.
- Conducted as a randomized clinical trial in Brussels, Belgium, infants aged 6 to 18 months were paired by age and lesion type and assigned to either a treatment group receiving intensive therapy or a control group maintaining usual activities.
- The effectiveness of the therapy was assessed through various motor function metrics, with the primary measurement being the use of the more affected hand, alongside additional evaluations like the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure and Gross Motor Function Measure scores.
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- - Capillary malformations (CMs) are the most common vascular anomalies in newborns, often linked to mutations in genes like GNAQ and GNA11, but can also involve different mutations in cases with additional complications.
- - This study explored two young patients with CM-like features who presented with severe epilepsy and brain anomalies, revealing somatic mutations in the AKT3 gene instead of the more common mutations typically associated with CMs.
- - The findings highlight the necessity for comprehensive genetic analysis and awareness of atypical symptoms, emphasizing how genotype-phenotype correlations can aid clinicians in making better-informed decisions for patient management.
Background: Antenatal psychosocial vulnerability is a main concern in today's perinatal health care setting. Undetected psychosocially vulnerable pregnant women and their unborn child are at risk for unfavourable health outcomes such as poor birth outcomes or mental state. In order to detect potential risks and prevent worse outcomes, timely and accurate detection of antenatal psychosocial vulnerability is necessary.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF. In children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP), the fibers of the corticospinal tract (CST) emerging from the lesioned hemisphere are damaged following the initial brain injury. The extent to which the integrity of these fibers is restorable with training is unknown.
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