Pain levels of examined muscles and gender differences in pain during electromyography.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the pain level of each muscle during an EMG study and also search for any association between the pain levels and gender.

Methods: Two hundred and twenty-seven subjects (166 females and 111 males) participated in the present study. Numeric analogue scale (NAS) was obtained from the patients after needle EMG for each muscle.

Expected and Experienced Pain Levels in Electromyography.

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to assess pain using a visual analogue scale (VAS) in patients awaiting an EMG procedure (i.e., expected VAS) and after an EMG procedure (i.

Diffusion tensor imaging in carpal tunnel syndrome.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the efficacy of diffusion tensor imaging in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome and to obtain a quantitative parameter that may contribute to the diagnosis.

Materials And Methods: The median nerves in 57 wrists of 38 patients diagnosed as carpal tunnel syndrome and 30 wrists of 24 normal subjects were prospectively evaluated with a 3T Philips scanner, using standard 8-channel SENSE head coil. Diffusion tensor imaging was performed using spin echo-echo planar imaging.

The utility of high b-value DWI in evaluation of ischemic stroke at 3T.

Purpose: The utility of DWI with high b-value in ischemic stroke is still unsettled. The purpose of this study is to compare high b-value (3000) and standard b-value (1000) diffusion-weighted images in patients with ischemic stroke at 3T.

Materials And Methods: 27 patients with acute stroke who were admitted to the hospital during the first 24h after symptom onset were included in this study.

The analgesic effect of gabapentin as a prophylactic anticonvulsant drug on postcraniotomy pain: a prospective randomized study.

Background: Gabapentin is an anticonvulsant drug that has analgesic properties for acute postoperative pain. However, the analgesic effect of gabapentin as an antiepileptic prophylactic drug on patients undergoing craniotomy is unclear. In this study, we evaluated the postoperative effectiveness of gabapentin on acute postoperative pain when it is used for antiepileptic prophylaxis in patients undergoing craniotomy for supratentorial tumor resection.

Electrodiagnosis of ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow.

Objective: To evaluate the different localizing electrodiagnostic techniques of ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow (UNE), particularly, comparison of the sensitivities of long segment stimulation across the elbow, versus short segment stimulation.

Methods: Patients who were referred to the Neurophysiology Laboratory of Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey between 2000-2004 with a preliminary diagnosis of UNE were retrospectively evaluated. We compared the sensitivity of studying long segments (8-12 cm) versus short segments (3 cm) for the diagnosis of UNE in 93 limbs.

Spinal accessory nerve monitoring in posterior fossa surgery.

The role of intraoperative monitoring of lower cranial nerves is not well established. In this study, the authors retrospectively analyzed the intraoperative monitoring data and the clinical outcome of the spinal accessory nerve (SAN) in patients who have undergone posterior fossa surgery. SAN was monitored in 19 patients.

Does prior aspirin use reduce stroke mortality?

Background: Millions of people around the world regularly consume aspirin, but its value in determining stroke severity is still not clear. It has been stated that prior aspirin use might reduce the severity of ischemic stroke by reducing the size of fibrin-platelet emboli or by ameliorating platelet hyperaggregability that occurs in the microcirculation. However there are only few large studies focusing on the early outcome of stroke patients including both ischemic stroke and primary intracerebral hemorrhage patients with prior aspirin therapy.