Publications by authors named "H Joswig"
Article Synopsis
- A thorough understanding of the anatomy and surgical management of the superior petrosal vein (SPV) is crucial for neurosurgeons operating in the posterior fossa.
- The ongoing debate revolves around whether to preserve the SPV or allow for its obliteration, highlighting differing opinions and methods found in historical medical literature since Walter Dandy.
- The review concludes that occluding the SPV presents unacceptable risks to patient safety, suggesting that such practices should no longer be endorsed.
Background: The case of a 69-year-old patient with an acute traumatic central cord syndrome (ATCCS) with preexisting spinal stenosis raised a discussion over the question of conservative versus surgical treatment in the acute setting. We provide a literature overview on the management (conservative vs. surgical treatment) of ATCCS with preexisting spinal stenosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Changes of dream ability and content in patients with brain lesions have been addressed in only about 100 case reports. All of these reports lack data regarding prelesional baseline dream content. Therefore, it was the objective of this study to prospectively assess dream content before and after anterior temporal lobectomy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: We have provided long-term data on clinically meaningful pain alleviation for drug-refractory headache disorders using occipital (ONS) and supraorbital nerve stimulation (SONS).
Methods: We performed a retrospective review of 96 patients with migraine, cervicogenic headache, cluster headache, neuropathic pain of the scalp, tension-type headache, and new daily persistent headache who had undergone ONS (61.5%), SONS (11.