Publications by authors named "Ulysses C Batista"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the link between the angioarchitecture of brain arteriovenous malformations (bAVMs) and how they present clinically, as this relationship has been debated in the medical community.
- A total of 183 patients were reviewed, categorized by their clinical symptoms such as hemorrhage, seizure, headache, progressive neurological deficits, or incidental findings.
- Significant correlations were found, such as hemorrhage being more common in females and linked to specific angioarchitectural features, highlighting the potential for developing predictive models to identify clinical presentations based on these characteristics.*
Objective: The aim of this study was to describe 27 patients with 32 web vessels (WVs) from our practice and provide a review of the literature regarding imaging diagnostics, clinical presentation, and treatment of WVs.
Methods: A MEDLINE search was performed using combinations of the following terms: "stroke in young adults," "web," "recurrent stroke," "diaphragm-like," "atypical fibromuscular hyperplasia," "atypical fibromuscular dysplasia," "septal fibromuscular dysplasia," "septa," "diaphragms," "pseudovalvular folds," and "carotid diaphragm." Our series was added in this review.
Object: Most of the craniometric relationships of the normal craniocervical junction (CCJ), especially those related to angular craniometry, are still poorly studied and based on measurements taken from simple plain radiographs. In this study, the authors performed a craniometric evaluation of the CCJ in a population without known CCJ anomalies. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the normal CCJ craniometry based on measurements obtained from CT scans.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA retrospective case-control study based on craniometrical evaluation was performed to evaluate the incidence of basilar invagination (BI). Patients with symptomatic tonsillar herniation treated surgically had craniometrical parameters evaluated based on CT scan reconstructions before surgery. BI was diagnosed when the tip of the odontoid trespassed the Chamberlain's line in three different thresholds found in the literature: 2, 5 or 6.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObject: The Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score (TLICS) was developed to improve injury classification and guide surgical decision making, yet validation remains necessary. This study evaluates the neurological outcome of patients with thoracolumbar spine trauma (TLST) treated according to the TLICS.
Methods: The TLICS was prospectively applied to a consecutive series of patients treated for TLST between 2009 and 2012.