Publications by authors named "R A Martinelli"
To determine whether the radiographic parameter at the epiphyseal tubercle region (peritubercle lucency sign) on the unaffected side can predict slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE). We retrospectively reviewed patients who received an initial diagnosis of unilateral SCFE between 1995 and 2020 at a pediatric hospital in a Brazilian state's capital. The patients were monitored for at least 18 months.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- The study aimed to explore the diversity of Feeding and Eating Disorders (FED) by examining how different symptoms and personality issues overlap, proposing that current classifications might not fully capture the complexity of these disorders.
- Researchers used Latent Profile Analysis on 109 patients, identifying three distinct profiles: low symptoms with no personality issues, high symptoms without dysfunction, and high symptoms with dysfunctional personality traits.
- Results showed noteworthy differences in BMI, eating disorder severity, and psychiatric diagnoses among these profiles, indicating that the most complex cases suffered the most severe symptoms and related issues, challenging traditional diagnostic categories.
Skull base surgery has evolved remarkably since the pioneering techniques of early 20th-century surgeons, such as Schloffer and Cushing, who laid the foundation for transcranial and transnasal approaches [...
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There are currently no intraoperative neurophysiological tools to assess the effectiveness of trigeminal nerve decompression during microvascular decompression surgery for drug-resistant trigeminal neuralgia. In microvascular decompression surgery for hemifacial spasm, an abnormal electromyographic activation of facial muscles after stimulation of the offending vessel was identified and named 'Z-L response'.
Methods: We adapted a neurophysiological protocol to elicit a Z-L response during microvascular decompression surgery for trigeminal neuralgia and applied it to a prospective series of 18 surgical patients.