Patient reported outcomes of emergency general surgery procedures.

Background: Emergency general surgery (EGS) involves care of a patient's often previously unknown disease in the setting of an unplanned interaction with the healthcare system. This leads to challenges collecting and interpreting patient reported outcome measures (PROMs).

Methods: We performed a qualitative and mixed methods study using semi-structured interviews during the index hospitalization and at 6-12 months to capture peri-operative patient experiences.

Investigation of the posterior parietal cortex to ventral premotor connection in writer's cramp using transcranial magnetic stimulation.

The posterior parietal, premotor and motor cortices are brain regions relevant in the planning of movement. Previous transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) studies have shown ipsilateral premotor-to-motor inhibition in healthy subjects at rest. This premotor-to-motor inhibition has been found to be altered in patients with writer's cramp (WC), a common type of focal hand dystonia.

A personalized approach empowering successful aging: Patient perspective on fall prevention education.

Background: Falls are the leading cause of fatal injury, and the most common cause of nonfatal trauma, among older adults. However, patient perspectives on preferences for obtaining fall education are not well reported.

Objective: To identify components of successful fall prevention education.

Evidence for increased intraabdominal pressure as a cause of recurrent migration of the distal catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: illustrative case.

Background: Placement of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is an effective treatment for several disorders of cerebrospinal fluid flow. A rare complication involves postoperative migration of the distal catheter out of the intraperitoneal compartment and into the subcutaneous space. Several theories attempt to explain this phenomenon, but the mechanism remains unclear.

The Rose-Colored Glasses of Geriatric Fall Patients: Inconsistencies Between Knowledge of Risk Factors for and Actual Causes of Falls.

Background: Falls are the leading cause of fatal injury, and most common cause of non-fatal trauma, among older adults. We sought to elicit older patient's perspectives on fall risks for the general population as well as contributions to any personal falls to identify opportunities to improve fall education.

Methods: Ten patients with a history of falls from inpatient trauma and outpatient geriatric services were interviewed.

Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus With Stuttering: Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature.

Background: Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is a disorder of aging that is characterized by enlarged cerebral ventricles, gait apraxia, dementia, and urinary incontinence. iNPH is frequently misdiagnosed, in part because the symptoms resemble other neurological disorders, and because other associated symptoms have not been fully characterized. Importantly, iNPH has not previously been associated with stuttering, and shunting has not been shown to alleviate the symptom of stuttering.

Botulinum toxin and occupational therapy for Writer's cramp.

Background: Writer's cramp (WC) is a form of focal hand dystonia, for which focal botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) injections are the current best therapy. Past studies have shown that some types of rehabilitative therapy can be useful. We hypothesized that BoNT together with a specific type of occupational therapy would be better than BoNT alone for treating WC patients comparing the effects with a patient-rated subjective scale.