Intestinal myiasis in a very elderly patient with inappropriate home care.

An 83-year-old Japanese woman with dementia presented with multiple pressure ulcers and cellulitis. At presentation, numerous white maggots were wriggling in the stool on the diaper. Interview to the family revealed that the patient received inappropriate home care due to her dementia and her primary caregiver's developmental disability.

[Mental health of workers and the effects of behavioral traits -validation of causal model using covariance structure analysis-].

Purpose: To clarify the mental health factors of workers and to verify the causal correlation between their behavioral traits and mental health.

Method: We asked 1,425 subjects working at private enterprises and local government offices, as well as members of labor unions, to anonymously respond to questionnaires.

Result: We examined the causal influence of workers' behavioral traits on negative mental health by covariance structure analysis.

World's first magnetic resonance imaging/x-ray/operating room suite: a significant milestone in the improvement of neurosurgical diagnosis and treatment.

Object: In February 2006, the magnetic resonance/x-ray/operating room (MRXO) suite opened at the authors' institution. This is the first hybrid neurosurgical procedure suite to combine magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, computed tomography (CT), and angiography within a neurosurgical operating room (OR). In the present paper the authors describe the concept of the MRXO as well as their first 10 months of experience using this suite, and discuss its advantages and limitations.

Neuroendoscopic basket dilation technique for the fenestration of the ventricular wall or intracranial cysts--technical note.

A basket dilation technique has been developed for fenestration of ventricular or cystic walls, using a basket type widely used in the urological field to collect renal or ureteric stones. This technique allows deep-seated structures to be visualized directly through the expanded basket during dilation and the thinnest part of ventricular wall to easily be pierced, cut, and dilated. Fine control can be exerted over expansion pressure through the hand piece directly connected to the basket tip.