Regression of asymptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis by aggressive medical management with a lipid-lowering agent.

Objective: The incidence rate of stroke as a result of intracranial arterial stenosis (ICAS) is higher in Asian countries than in the West. We aimed to analyze the regression, lack of change, or progression of asymptomatic ICAS after the administration of rosuvastatin and associated factors.

Methods: The patients who had undergone computed tomography angiography (CTA) at our hospital and had been diagnosed with ICAS with no ischemic event in the stenosed vascular territory were included in the study.

Clipping of incidental aneurysm of middle cerebral artery through small temporal craniotomy and linear skin incision.

The authors introduced a new approach for clipping of the incidental aneurysm of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) and reported the clinical results. We retrospectively reviewed 26 patients with 27 incidental MCA aneurysms who were treated from January 2010 to December 2012. All clippings were performed through a small temporal craniotomy and linear skin incision.

Factors related to catheter-induced hemorrhage after brain parenchymal catheterization.

This article aimed to investigate the incidence rate and possible risk factors for catheter-induced hemorrhage (CIH) after brain parenchymal catheterization. Between January 2011 and March 2013, 381 patients (572 punctures) who underwent brain parenchymal catheterization were retrospectively evaluated. All patients were checked by computerized tomography scan for the detection of hemorrhage within 48 hours after catheter insertion.

Tracheo-innominate artery fistula after stroke.

Tracheo-innominate artery fistula (TIAF) is rare, yet the most fatal complication after tracheostomy. In the absence of immediate diagnosis and surgical management, the mortality rate is very high, because the complication can lead to sudden massive tracheal hemorrhage. Tracheal obstruction and hypovolemic shock are the major life threatening conditions.

Leisure time physical activity of people with spinal cord injury: mainly with clubs of spinal cord injury patients in busan-kyeongnam, Korea.

Objective: To estimate hours of leisure time physical activity (LTPA) performed by people with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) and to identify the demographic and injury-related characteristics associated with LTPA of people with chronic SCI.

Method: Seventy nine persons with SCI living in Busan and Gyongsangnam-do were recruited. They completed a self-administered questionnaire, which consisted of items about personal characteristics, type of LTPA, hours of LTPA, LTPA intensity, and LTPA satisfaction.