Dropping Objects in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Clinical and Electrophysiological Features.

Background Dysfunction in both afferent sensory and efferent motor components of the median nerve may contribute to the manifestation of the symptom of dropping objects (DO) in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The objective of this study was to compare the clinical and electrophysiological characteristics of CTS patients with dropping objects (wDO) and those without dropping objects (w/oDO). The study evaluated the correlation between DO symptoms and median partial conduction block, as well as the reduction in median motor conduction velocity at the wrist.

Concomitant Use of Sulforaphane Enhances Antitumor Efficacy of Sunitinib in Renal Cell Carcinoma In Vitro.

Chronic treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with the tyrosine kinase inhibitor sunitinib (ST) inevitably induces resistance and tumor re-activation. This study investigated whether adding the natural compound sulforaphane (SFN) with its anti-cancer properties could improve ST efficacy in vitro. The RCC cell lines A498, Caki1, KTCTL26, and 786O were exposed to ST, SFN, or both (dual therapy, DT) before (short-term exposure) and during ST-resistance buildup (long-term 8-week exposure).

Health-related Quality of Life Assessment in Patients with Malignant Gliomas.

Background: High-grade gliomas have limited time of survival despite aggressive treatment. Patients experience a decline in their physical and mental capacities, affecting their quality of life (QoL), and require proper therapeutic strategies.

Objective: To assess the QoL of malignant glioma patients before and after the treatment in a longitudinal study of six months.

Current Use of Intraoperative Neurophysiology in Neurosurgery: Supratentorial Part 1.

The general aim of the neurosurgical practice is to both anatomically and physiologically preserve functional neurological structures to ensure a higher quality of life. Intraoperative neuromonitorization (IONM) helps the neurosurgeon physiologically identify and assess the functional integrity of said neurological structures. The uses of IONM in neurosurgery practice are categorized into three areas; brain (supratentorial and infratentorial), brain stem, and spinal.

Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Surgery of Cauda Equina and Conus Medullaris Tumors.

Aim: To demonstrate the value of special intraoperative neuromonitoring techniques for cauda equina and conus medullaris tumors (CECMT) by describing standard methods used at our center.

Material And Methods: Neurophysiological records were retrospectively reviewed for 16 patients (eight females and eight males; age range: 27â€"60 years) who underwent surgery for CECMT at our department between 2016 and 2018.

Results: Motor and/or sensorial deficits were preoperatively identified in 10 patients; no patients had bladder or sexual dysfunction.

The Impact of Affective State on Quality of Life in Focal Epilepsy in Turkey.

Context: Seizures and accompanying situations including social, medical, and psychiatric problems threaten the quality of life (QOL) in patients with epilepsy. The World Health Organization defines health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Aims: This study examines the prevalence of both depression and anxiety symptoms and also impact of the affective state on QOL in patients with focal epilepsy in Turkey.

Multimodal Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring in Neurosurgical Oncology.

Aim: Neurosurgical oncology that is performed for lesions located in critical areas like the sensorimotor area has additional risk because it may cause serious neurological deficiencies. Some intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) modalities can effectively help the surgeons to maximize resections of this kind of lesions with or without an acceptable neurological deficiency. Our aim was to share our IONM experiences with patients who underwent intracranial lesion surgery in critical areas between September 2013 and January 2015.

Ictal kissing: Electroclinical features of an unusual ictal phenomenon.

Purpose: The study aimed to describe the electroclinical features of ictal kissing, an unusual behavior that may occur during focal seizures.

Method: Twenty-five patients collected from four epilepsy centers and previously published reports were reviewed for their demographic, clinical, and electrophysiological features.

Results: Sixteen of 25 patients were female.

Multimodal Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring in Spinal Cord Surgery.

Aim: Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) monitors the functional integrity of critical neural structures by electrophysiological methods during surgery. Multimodality combines different neurophysiological methods to maximize diagnostic efficacy and provide a safety margin to improve the outcomes of spinal surgery. Our aim was to share our intraoperative monitoring experiences with patients who underwent surgery because of spinal cord pathologies between September 2013 and January 2015.

Ictal kissing behavior: neurological and psychodynamic overview.

This study is based on the psychodynamic and neurological analysis of three Turkish patients who displayed ictal kissing automatism during their seizures. To unveil the probable underlying causes of their kissing behaviors, all patients underwent psychiatric interviews after being evaluated by ictal video-EEG recordings. The group consisted of two females (ages 35 and 29) and one male (age 26).

Functional deficiencies of sulfite oxidase: Differential diagnoses in neonates presenting with intractable seizures and cystic encephalomalacia.

Sulfite oxidase is a mitochondrial enzyme encoded by the SUOX gene and essential for the detoxification of sulfite which results mainly from the catabolism of sulfur-containing amino acids. Decreased activity of this enzyme can either be due to mutations in the SUOX gene or secondary to defects in the synthesis of its cofactor, the molybdenum cofactor. Defects in the synthesis of the molybdenum cofactor are caused by mutations in one of the genes MOCS1, MOCS2, MOCS3 and GEPH and result in combined deficiencies of the enzymes sulfite oxidase, xanthine dehydrogenase and aldehyde oxidase.