Publications by authors named "K Szewczyk-Krolikowski"
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- * Participants included 46 individuals with AOIFCD and 30 healthy controls, who underwent comprehensive clinical evaluations and advanced MRI techniques to analyze microstructural differences in their brain's motor pathways.
- * Significant findings revealed altered microstructural properties in key areas such as the anterior thalamic radiations and thalamopremotor tracts among those with AOIFCD, indicating potential neurobiological factors contributing to the condition.
Background: Up to 70% of individuals diagnosed with adult-onset idiopathic focal cervical dystonia (AOIFCD) report difficulties with sleep. Larger cohort studies using wrist-worn accelerometer devices have emerged as an alternative to smaller polysomnography studies, in order to evaluate sleep architecture.
Methods: To measure activity during the sleep/wake cycle, individuals wore a consumer-grade wrist device (Garmin vivosmart 4) continuously over 7 days on their non-dominant wrist, while completing a daily sleep diary and standardised sleep and non-motor questionnaires via a dedicated app.
Background: Procedural aspects and complications of gastrojejunostomy insertion are important considerations in the use of levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel therapy (LCIG) and may limit uptake. We describe our experience of using per-oral image guided gastrojejunostomy (PIG-J) which avoids the need for endoscopy and routine sedation in percutaneous endoscopic gastrojejunostomy (PEG-J) and allows more secure tube placement than radiologically inserted gastrojejunostomy techniques.
Methods: We describe a case series of 32 patients undergoing PIG-J insertion for LCIG therapy in a single centre.
Clinical Outcome of "Asleep" Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson Disease Using Robot-Assisted Delivery and Anatomic Targeting of the Subthalamic Nucleus: A Series of 152 Patients.
Neurosurgery
December 2020
Background: Recent advances in methods used for deep brain stimulation (DBS) include subthalamic nucleus electrode implantation in the "asleep" patient without the traditional use of microelectrode recordings or intraoperative test stimulation.
Objective: To examine the clinical outcome of patients who have undergone "asleep" DBS for the treatment of Parkinson disease using robot-assisted electrode delivery.
Methods: This is a retrospective review of clinical outcomes of 152 consecutive patients.