Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of FFX Facet Cages Compared With Pedicle Screw Fixation in Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Long-Term Study.

Study Design: Hybrid retrospective/prospective study.

Objective: The study evaluated the long-term safety and efficacy of the FFX facet cage versus pedicle screw (PS) fixation in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).

Summary Of Background Data: A previous single-arm study reported on the safety, fusion rate, and patient outcomes associated with the use of the FFX facet cage in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.

SOFIA catheter for direct aspiration of large vessel occlusion stroke: A single-center cohort and meta-analysis.

Background And Purpose: Direct aspiration (DA) using large-bore distal aspiration catheters is an established strategy for the endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) of large-vessel occlusion stroke (LVOS). However, the performance of individual catheters like SOFIA has yet to be examined.

Methods: We present a cohort of 144 consecutive patients treated with first-line DA and SOFIA 6 F Plus catheter for LVOS.

Long-lasting diagonistic dyspraxia suppressed by rTMS applied to the right motor cortex.

We describe the case of a 58-year-old patient with complete callosal agenesis, who developed after a stroke a long lasting and distressing diagonistic dyspraxia. We found two original treatments to relieve the patient from his left limb conflicting movements. Reinforcing left arm sensory input minimized dyspraxic movements but was difficult to apply daily and was found unsatisfactory by the patient.

Caudate nucleus and social cognition: neuropsychological and SPECT evidence from a patient with focal caudate lesion.

Most studies in social cognition have focused on developmental diseases or analyzed the consequences of acquired frontal lesions on the integrity of Theory of Mind (ToM), but, to our knowledge, none to date has addressed the eventual consequences of damage to the basal ganglia on ToM. To investigate the possible consequences of such lesions on social cognition, we tested a selected patient, MVG, a 44-year-old man with a focal caudate nucleus (CN) lesion following stroke. In the aftermath of this stroke, MVG shows loss of empathy and difficulties recognizing emotions in others.

[Artistic creativity and dementia].

Artistic creativity can be defined as the ability to produce both innovative and esthetic works. Though most dementias result in a loss of instrumental functions and a deterioration in artistic production, for some established artists, dementia, most often Alzheimer's disease, changed their style and technique but preserved their creativity and prolific artistic drive. Moreover, in some cases, mainly frontotemporal dementia, Parkinson's disease, and very occasionally strokes, the disease may favour the emergence of de novo artistic talent.