Garba Dance Is Effective in Parkinson's Disease Patients: A Pilot Study.

Background: Dance as therapy is gaining attention as an adjuvant option for Parkinson's disease (PD). Assessing culturally popular dance forms is crucial for promoting the acceptance of dance therapy in a culturally sensitive context.

Objectives: The pilot study evaluated the efficacy of Garba dance for alleviating motor symptoms, nonmotor symptoms, cognitive functions, and mood.

A Rare Pituitary Tumor.

Sellar-suprasellar masses, with diverse origins ranging from infiltrative to neoplastic processes, are frequently encountered in endocrinology clinics. Evaluation involves a detailed history, hormone analysis, and imaging of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis. However, overlapping hormonal and imaging features can complicate diagnosis, often necessitating confirmation through tissue biopsy.

Chromatin accessibility profiling of targeted cell populations with laser capture microdissection coupled to ATAC-seq.

Spatially resolved omics technologies reveal context-dependent cellular regulatory networks in tissues of interest. Beyond transcriptome analysis, information on epigenetic traits and chromatin accessibility can provide further insights on gene regulation in health and disease. Nevertheless, compared to the enormous advancements in spatial transcriptomics technologies, the field of spatial epigenomics is much younger and still underexplored.

Outcome of Children with Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt: A Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to investigate outcome after pediatric transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) with respect to survival MATERIAL AND METHODS: After searching for studies on TIPS in children in Ovid, Medline, Embase, Scopus and Cochrane published between 2000 and 2022, individual patient data were retrieved from five retrospective cohorts. Overall survival (OS) and transplant-free survival (TFS) were calculated using Kaplan-Meier analysis and log-rank test and compared to the indication (ascites vs. variceal bleeding) as well as to the level of obstruction (pre-hepatic vs.

Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangioscopy Interventions-Updates.

Percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy (PTCS) was initially described around the same time that peroral cholangioscopy (POSC) was developed. The cited utility attributed to PTCS is the ability to be utilized in the subset of patients with surgical proximal bowel anatomy, often precluding the use of traditional POSC. However, since first described, PTCS use has been limited due to a lack of physician awareness and a lack of procedure-specific equipment and supplies.

Identification of traffic signs for advanced driving assistance systems in smart cities using deep learning.

The ability of Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS) is to identify and understand all objects around the vehicle under varying driving conditions and environmental factors is critical. Today's vehicles are equipped with advanced driving assistance systems that make driving safer and more comfortable. A camera mounted on the car helps the system recognise and detect traffic signs and alerts the driver about various road conditions, like if construction work is ahead or if speed limits have changed.

Cost drivers in endovascular pulmonary embolism interventions.

Aim: To determine the costs associated with endovascular pulmonary embolism (PE) interventions.

Materials And Methods: Procedural costs were determined utilising time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC). A multidisciplinary team created process maps describing personnel, space, equipment, materials, and time required for each procedural step.

Balloon-occluded middle adrenal artery embolization and percutaneous microwave ablation of a metastatic adrenal tumor from renal cell carcinoma.

Renal cell carcinomas present with locally advanced or metastatic disease in 25% of patients. Thermal ablation may be considered in selected patients with single-site or oligometastatic disease in selected patients. We describe single-session transarterial particle embolization with the assistance of a balloon-occlusion catheter and microwave ablation of a large hypervascular adrenal metastasis using cone beam CT and fluoroscopic XperGuide needle guidance.

How Endoscopic Guidance Augments Nonvascular Image-guided Interventions.

Endoscopy can improve guidance in nonvascular procedures performed by interventional radiologists (IRs). Historically, the major limiting factors preventing the widespread use of endoscopic tools by IRs were the large diameter (>20F) and length of the endoscopes. IRs had to significantly upsize their access into vascular organs such as the kidney and liver to allow endoscope placement.

Occipital Interhemispheric Transtentorial Approach for Tumors of Posterior Third Ventricular Region: Review of Surgical Results.

Background: Controversies exist regarding the ideal surgical approach for tumors in posterior third ventricular region (PTV).

Objective: To evaluate the results of occipital interhemispheric transtentorial (OITT) approach for tumors in PTV.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-three patients underwent surgery via OITT approach for PTV tumors at Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences during the study period of 5 years (June 2011-May 2016).

Looking beyond the gunsight: A potential bailout technique for arterial and venous recanalization.

The "gunsight approach" was initially described as the use of overlapping snares and through- and-through puncture of the portal vein and inferior vena cava for the creation of a transcaval portosystemic shunt. This technique can be adapted for the creation of an extra-anatomic chan- nel between any 2 locations where snares can be deployed. We explain the technique, discuss finer technical points, and describe 2 cases where refractory vascular occlusions are crossed using this technique.

Management of Frontal Bone Fracture in a Tertiary Neurosurgical Care Center-A Retrospective Study.

 We present our experience in the management of frontal bone fractures using the previously described radiologic classification of frontal bone fractures.  A retrospective study was conducted, which reviewed the medical records and computed tomographic (CT) scan images of patients with frontal bone fracture from January 2016 to February 2019. Patients with complete medical records and a follow-up of minimum 1 year were included in the study.

Surgical Management of Spinal Tuberculosis - A Retrospective Observational Study from a Tertiary Care Center in Karnataka.

Context: Tuberculosis (TB) is a common infectious disorder in developing countries. A significant load of patients with extrapulmonary TB are diagnosed in our institute, mostly involving the spine.

Aim: We aimed to present our experience in the surgical management of spinal TB.

Study of cerebrospinal fluid levels of lactate, lactate dehydrogenase and adenosine deaminase in the diagnosis and outcome of acute meningitis.

Background: Meningitis is a serious clinical health issue in most developing countries. Late diagnosis and treatment result in significant morbidity and mortality. This research aims to study the utility of CSF lactate, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and adenosine deaminase (ADA) as diagnostic markers in acute meningitis, and to differentiate among varied aetiologies of acute meningitis and their outcomes.

Electrophysiological Evaluation of Audiovestibular Pathway Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease and Its Correlates: A Case Control Study.

Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with brainstem dysfunction causing non-motor symptoms. Vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) and brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) are electrophysiological tests to assess the vestibular and auditory pathways in the brainstem.

Objectives: To study the abnormalities of cervical VEMP (cVEMP) and BAEP in PD and to correlate the findings with the symptoms related to brainstem involvement.

Rash Decisions in Neurology: A Case Report of Brachioradial Pruritus Secondary to Cervical Intramedullary Lesion.

Brachioradial pruritus (BRP) is an enigmatic condition often encountered by dermatologists and passed off as a benign itch. It is an "idiopathic" pruritus, presenting as severe itching on the radial aspect of the elbow. The physical examination may be unremarkable except for mild pruritic lesions.

Deep Cerebral Venous Thrombosis-A Clinicoradiological Study.

Stroke is a common neurological emergency. Almost 80% of strokes are due to arterial occlusion. Venous thrombosis comprises less than 1-2% of all strokes.