Electromyography findings in L5 radiculopathy are not associated with fatty infiltration of paraspinal muscles: a retrospective observational study.

Introduction: Increased fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles (PM) has been recognized as a sign of decreased muscle quality in patients with degenerative disc disease. However, whether fatty infiltration is a consequence of a neurogenic process due to spinal nerve root compression has not yet been determined.

Objective: To investigate the correlation between fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles (PM) and neurogenic remodeling of motor unit action potentials (MUAPs) in patients with lumbar radiculopathy.

[Rehabilitation of patients with facial nerve neuropathy in cases of increased muscle tone on the healthy side of the face].

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of physical rehabilitation (PR) and injections of botulinum toxin type A (BTA) in the correction of muscles hypertonicity ty of the healthy side of the face or its prevention in patients with facial nerve neuropathy (FNN).

Material And Methods: One hundred and forty-six patients with FNN of various etiologies with muscles hypertonicity of the healthy side or the risk of its development were studied. The term of treatment was 33 [10; 99] days.

[Rehabilitation of patients with complications of facial nerve neuropathy].

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of physical rehabilitation (PR) and botulinum therapy in the treatment of facial nerve neuropathy (FNN) complications.

Material And Methods: Sixty-eight patients with FNN of various etiologies, including 70 women and 6 men aged 38 [31; 46] years, were studied. Time to seek medical help was 717 [256; 1638] days.

[Risk factors for de novo generalized tonic-clonic seizures in patients with supratentorial meningiomas after neurosurgical treatment].

Objective: To identify risk factors for epileptic seizures in the early postoperative period in patients with supratentorial meningiomas.

Material And Methods: A retrospective case-control study was conducted in a ratio of 3 to 1. The case histories of all patients with supratentorial meningiomas that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, who underwent surgical removal of the neoplasm in 01.