Effects of Different Auditory Stimuli and Cognitive Tasks on Balance in Healthy Young Adults.

Introduction: This study investigated the effect of different auditory stimuli and cognitive tasks on balance in healthy young adults.

Methods: Thirty-three participants, aged 23.33 ± 2.

Outcomes with Endovascular Treatment of Patients with M2 Segment MCA Occlusion in the Late Time Window.

Background And Purpose: Randomized trials in the late window have demonstrated the efficacy and safety of endovascular thrombectomy in large-vessel occlusions. Patients with M2-segment MCA occlusions were excluded from these trials. We compared outcomes with endovascular thrombectomy in patients with M2-versus-M1 occlusions presenting 6-24 hours after symptom onset.

A summary of the first 100 neurointerventional procedures performed with the Rist radial access device in a Finnish neurovascular center.

Background And Purpose: Transradial access (TRA) has increased popularity among neurointerventionalists during a short time period but until recently there have been no devices designed especially for radial use.

Materials And Methods: Consecutive neurointerventional procedures with an intention to perform TRA with the Rist radial access guide catheter between April 2021 and May 2022 were retrospectively reviewed. Possible access site complications, other procedure-related complications and information on successful catherization of the target vessel as well as whether the procedure had been successful were collected.

Effects of basic body awareness therapy on pain, balance, muscle strength and functionality in knee osteoarthritis: a randomised preliminary trial.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effects of basic body awareness therapy (BBAT) on pain, balance, muscle strength, and functionality in knee OA.

Methods: Forty patients (mean age: 55.20 ± 6.

Long term WEB results - still going strong at 5 years?

Objective: The aim of our multi-center study is to examine 5-year radiological outcomes of intracranial aneurysms (IAs) treated with the Woven EndoBridge (WEB).

Methods: All patients treated with WEB between January 2013 and December 2016 were included. Patient and aneurysm characteristic data was collected from the electronic patient record.

Global Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Stroke Volumes and Cerebrovascular Events: A 1-Year Follow-up.

Background And Objectives: Declines in stroke admission, IV thrombolysis (IVT), and mechanical thrombectomy volumes were reported during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a paucity of data on the longer-term effect of the pandemic on stroke volumes over the course of a year and through the second wave of the pandemic. We sought to measure the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the volumes of stroke admissions, intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), IVT, and mechanical thrombectomy over a 1-year period at the onset of the pandemic (March 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021) compared with the immediately preceding year (March 1, 2019, to February 29, 2020).

The Woven EndoBridge for intracranial aneurysms: Radiological outcomes and factors influencing occlusions at 6 and 24 months.

Purpose: To identify factors influencing short- and mid-term radiological outcomes of intracranial aneurysms (IAs) treated with the Woven EndoBridge (WEB).

Methods: A total of 112 patients were treated for IAs with the WEB in at our institution between 2013 and 2020. Patients with 6- and/or 24-months follow-up data were included in the study.

Finnish flow diverter study: 8 years of experience in the treatment of acutely ruptured intracranial aneurysms.

Background: Flow diversion of acutely ruptured intracranial aneurysms (IAs) is controversial due to high treatment-related complication rates and a lack of supporting evidence. We present clinical and radiological results of the largest series to date.

Methods: This is a nationwide retrospective study of acutely ruptured IAs treated with flow diverters (FDs).

The outcomes of recurrent wide-necked intracranial aneurysms treated with the Woven EndoBridge (WEB): A retrospective bicenter study.

Background: The Woven EndoBridge (WEB) is a device for the treatment of intracranial wide-necked bifurcation aneurysms. The safety and effectiveness of WEB for intracranial aneurysms have both been evaluated in previous trials. Our aim was to study the outcomes of recurrent intracranial aneurysms (IAs) treated with WEB.

Treatment of intracranial aneurysms using the new Surpass Evolve flow diverter: Safety outcomes and six-month imaging follow-up.

Background And Purpose: Several studies have reported good long-term results in the occlusion of intracranial aneurysms with flow diverter treatment. The aim of this study was to report the safety and six-month follow-up outcomes using the new Surpass Evolve flow diverter in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms.

Materials And Methods: Consecutive patients with intracranial aneurysm treated with Surpass Evolve flow diverter in two high-volume neurovascular centers between May 2019 and January 2020 were retrospectively reviewed.

Prevalence of thoracic aortic aneurysms and dilatations in patients with intracranial aneurysms.

Objective: The prevalence of intracranial aneurysms (IAs) is higher in patients with aortic aneurysms. However, there are lack of studies investigating prevalence of thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) in patients with IAs. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors for thoracic aortic dilatations (TADs) and TAAs in patients with IAs.

Inhibition of c-Abl kinase activity renders cancer cells highly sensitive to mitoxantrone.

Although c-Abl has increasingly emerged as a key player in the DNA damage response, its role in this context is far from clear. We studied the effect of inhibition of c-Abl kinase activity by imatinib with chemotherapy drugs and found a striking difference in cell survival after combined mitoxantrone (MX) and imatinib treatment compared to a panel of other chemotherapy drugs. The combinatory treatment induced apoptosis in HeLa cells and other cancer cell lines but not in primary fibroblasts.

Videoscopic total extraperitoneal approach to an adult patient with undescended testicle accompanied by a contra-lateral inguinal hernia.

A 22 year-old male patient was admitted to our clinic with complaints of swelling and pain at the left groin area as well as inability to palpate his right testicle. The patient was diagnosed as right undescended testicle accompanied by left indirect inguinal hernia. According to the scrotal Doppler ultrasonography the right undescended testicle was localized in the inguinal canal very close to the inner ring.

Using personality disorders to distinguish between patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and those with epileptic seizures.

Identifying psychiatric disorders rather than psychiatric symptoms might help to distinguish patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) from those with epileptic seizures (ES). Patients with PNES (n=35), patients with ES (n=35), and healthy controls (n=37) were compared with respect to the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in this study. We tested the predictive power of having axis I psychiatric disorders, as well as personality disorders, in distinguishing ES from PNES.

Relevance of autoimmune thyroiditis in children and adolescents with vitiligo.

Background: Vitiligo is the most common pigmentation-related disorder worldwide. An autoimmune etiology is widely considered, and genetic factors may play an important role in its pathogenesis. The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence of thyroid dysfunctions and autoimmune thyroiditis in children with vitiligo and to identify related factors.

Diet restriction in migraine, based on IgG against foods: a clinical double-blind, randomised, cross-over trial.

Introduction: It is well-known that specific foods trigger migraine attacks in some patients. We aimed to investigate the effect of diet restriction, based on IgG antibodies against food antigens on the course of migraine attacks in this randomised, double blind, cross-over, headache-diary based trial on 30 patients diagnosed with migraine without aura.

Methods: Following a 6-week baseline, IgG antibodies against 266 food antigens were detected by ELISA.

Coexistence of basal cell carcinomas and multiple sebaceous gland hyperplasias in a cyclosporine (ciclosporin)-treated renal transplant recipient.

A 55-year-old man presented with multiple, asymptomatic, yellowish papules on his face with a 4-year history, and two non-healing tumoral lesions on his nose with a 7-month history. He was a renal transplant recipient and had been treated with cyclosporine (ciclosporin) for 9 years. A biopsy from the asymptomatic, yellowish papule on the face showed sebaceous gland hyperplasia, and biopsies from the lesions on the nose revealed basal cell carcinomas.

The efficacy and tolerability of Levetiracetam as an add-on therapy in patients with startle epilepsy.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of Levetiracetam as an add-on therapy in patients with startle epilepsy (StEp).

Methods: Ten (7 males and 3 females) were enrolled in the study. LEV was started at 500mg bid, escalating over 1-2 weeks to maximal doses of 3000mg daily, based on seizure control and tolerance for 13-28 months.

A case of juvenile hyaline fibromatosis.

Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis (JHF) is a rare, autosomally-recessive disease characterized by papulonodular skin lesions, soft tissue masses, joint contractures, gingival hypertrophy and osteolytic bone lesions. Its onset is in infancy or early childhood. The most commonly affected sites are the nose, chin, ears, scalp, back and knees.

Pyoderma gangrenosum in association with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

A 17-year-old girl presented with multiple, painful, erythematous blisters and ulcerated lesions on the shins and buttocks. She also had arthralgia. She had suffered from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and received anti-inflammatory agents and oral glucocorticoids for eight years.