Publications by authors named "Mirella Martins Fazzito"
Article Synopsis
- This study aimed to identify factors that predict complications after temporary arterial occlusion (TAO) during surgeries for anterior communicating artery (ACom) aneurysms.
- Of 32 patients who underwent ACom aneurysm repair, 21 required TAO, focusing on how various clinical factors impacted their postoperative outcomes.
- Larger aneurysms were treated with longer TAO times but no direct link was found between TAO duration and patient outcomes; age and initial coma scale scores were significant predictors of poor outcomes, while many patients experienced some complications yet two-thirds had favorable recoveries.
Introduction: The microsurgical reconstruction of the cauda equina nerve roots (MRCER) after traumatic injury is a highly controversial procedure with very few reports in the literature.
Methods: We report on four patients who had a penetrating traumatic injury in the lumbosacral area and underwent primary MRCER at our institution during the last decade.
Results: All four patients presented complete distal sensory and motor palsy affecting the lower lumbosacral roots.
Asymmetric optic nerve sheath diameter as an outcome factor following cranioplasty in patients harboring the 'syndrome of the trephined'.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
December 2013
Unlabelled: Decompressive craniectomy (DC) is gaining an increasing role in the neurosurgical treatment of intractable intracranial hypertension, but not without complications. A rare complication is the "syndrome of the trephined" (ST). It occurs when the forces of gravity overwhelm intracranial pressures, leading the brain to become sunken.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMultiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease showing variable clinical presentation. Optic neuritis is the most common symptom, followed by motor and sensitive manifestations. It is known that this disease may be related to several psychiatric disorders, especially depression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Since 1997, immunological modulators have been used for treatment of Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) in the Multiple Sclerosis Attendance and Treatment Center (CATEM) with significant alterations in this disease natural history.
Aim: To add data on the experience of CATEM for the treatment of RRMS patients that had immunomodulators.
Method: RRMS patients that received continuously immunomodulator drugs were evaluated on adherence, migration, withdrawal and progression rates.