The role of full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy in patients with neurodegenerative disorders: Technical note and short literature review.

Background: Motor neuron disease includes a spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases with progressive courses and unfavorable prognoses. Here, we described a patient with a lumbar disc herniation (LDH) and isolated bulbar palsy (IBP), who successfully underwent a transforaminal full-endoscopic discectomy (TFED) without incurring the added risks of general anesthesia.

Case Description: A 58-year-old male with IBP had an LDH at the L4-L5 level.

The Role of Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Surgery in Lateral Recess Stenosis in Elderly Patients.

Study Design: Prospective clinical study.

Purpose: To investigate the effect of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic surgery (PTES) for lateral recess stenosis (LRS)(LRS) in elderly patients and to assess patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

Overview Of Literature: PTES is an increasingly used surgical approach, primarily employed for lumbar disc herniation treatment.

Single anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) using self- locking stand-alone polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cage: evaluation of pain and health-related quality of life.

Background: Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) constitutes the conventional treatment of cervical disc herniation due to degenerative disc disease (DDD). ACDF with plating presents a variety of complications postoperatively and stand-alone cages are thought to be a promising alternative. The aim of this study was firstly, to analyze prospectively collected data from a sample of patients treated with single ACDF using C-Plus self-locking stand-alone PEEK cage system, without the use of plates or screws, in order to evaluate pain levels of patients, utilizing Neck and Arm Pain scale as an expression of visual analogue scale (VAS).

Health-related quality of life after transforaminal percutaneous endoscopic discectomy: An analysis according to the level of operation.

Background: Many patients suffer from radiculopathy and low back pain due to lumbar disc hernia. Transforaminal percutaneous endoscopic discectomy (TPED) is a minimally invasive method that accesses the disc pathology through the intervertebral foramen. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has been previously assessed for this method.

Ropivacaine versus bupivacaine for 3-in-1 block during total knee arthroplasty.

Purpose: To compare the use of ropivacaine versus bupivacaine for 3-in-1 block during total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in terms of efficacy and safety (lack of toxicity).

Methods: 14 men and 26 women aged 58 to 77 (median, 70) years who had the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) grades I to III physical status were randomised to receive ropivacaine (n=20) or bupivacaine (n=20) of a concentration of 0.5% for 3-in-1 block during TKA.

Evaluation of direct immunofluorescence assay and cytological examination in comparison to polymerase chain reaction of conjunctival swabs in patients with adult inclusion conjunctivitis.

Purpose: To evaluate PCR, direct immunofluorescence assay (DIA) and cytological test of conjunctival swabs for the diagnosis of adult follicular conjunctivitis (AFC).

Methods: Eighty-three adult patients with chronic conjunctivitis and sixteen healthy individuals were included. Conjunctival scrapings underwent PCR, DIA and cytological analysis.

Terson hemorrhage in patients suffering aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: predisposing factors and prognostic significance.

Object: The association of vitreous and/or subhyaloid hemorrhage with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) has been frequently identified since the original description by Terson in 1900. In this prospective clinical study the authors examined the actual incidence of Terson hemorrhage in patients suffering aneurysmal SAH, they attempted to identify those parameters that could predispose its development, and they evaluated its prognostic significance in the overall patients' outcome.

Methods: A total of 174 patients suffering aneurysmal SAH were included in this study.

Rubeola keratitis: a photographic study of corneal lesions.

Purpose: Detailed description of the morphology of rubeola keratitis lesions is missing from textbooks and published reports. We performed a detailed analysis of rubeola keratitis lesions by using a photographic slit lamp and ophthalmic dyes.

Methods: Thirty-four eyes of 17 male young adult patients with rubeola keratitis were examined.

A case of successful treatment of neuropathic pain after a scapular fracture using subcutaneous targeted neuromodulation.

Subcutaneous targeted neuromodulation is one part of the wider new peripheral neuromodulation development in the treatment of neuropathic pain. Although it has not received wider acceptance, there are many reports in the literature of successful use of this technique.