Publications by authors named "P Brandicourt"
Introduction: Moyamoya angiopathy (MMA) is associated with a high risk of stroke, but it is also increasingly recognized as leading to cognitive impairment. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, nature, and severity of vascular cognitive impairment no dementia (VCIND) in adults with MMA and to identify clinical and imaging factors associated with VCIND.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of consecutive adult patients with MMA followed in two tertiary hospitals (Toulouse and Paris Lariboisiere).
Introduction: In Moyamoya angiopathy (MMA), mechanisms underlying cognitive impairment remain debated. We aimed to assess the association of cognitive impairment with the degree and the topography of cerebral hypoperfusion in MMA.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of neuropsychological and perfusion MRI data from adults with MMA was performed.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible benefit of repeat surgery on overall survival for patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of data from patients who presented with recurrent GBM over a 5-year period ( = 157), comparing baseline characteristics and survival for patients who had at least 1 new tumor resection followed by chemotherapy (reoperation group, = 59) and those who received medical treatment only (no-reoperation group, = 98) for recurrence.
Results: The baseline characteristics of the two groups differed in terms of WHO performance status (better in the reoperation group), mean age (60 years in the reoperation group vs.
Clinical long-term consequences of thoraco-lumbar spine fracture and osteosynthesis.
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res
November 2021
Object: Although traumatic spine fractures can be treated by osteosynthesis, their long-term clinical, social, and familial consequences are less known. The aim of this study was to assess these global consequences to a very long-term (at least more than 12 years after the fracture).
Methods: Two groups, one composed of 30 patients operated for a thoracolumbar fracture by posterior fixation and one with 30 controls (who never had a spinal fracture) matched for age, sex, job and time of follow-up were studied.
Article Synopsis
- The text discusses a rare case of an adolescent male with moyamoya angiopathy, a condition that affects the blood vessels in the brain, and severe heart problems due to a genetic deletion.
- The patient had multiple health issues from infancy, requiring surgeries like kidney transplants, and presenting syndromic features such as cryptorchidism and growth hormone deficiency.
- Despite his serious neurological and cardiac conditions, he successfully underwent a surgical procedure to reroute brain blood flow, enabling a heart transplant without causing brain damage.