Evaluating the recovery of cognitive impairment in subarachnoid hemorrhage taking into consideration the practice effects.

Background: It is not completely clear whether there are differences in the evolution of the neuropsychological outcomes between the 2 intervention procedures (surgery and endovascular coiling) used in subarachnoid aneurysmatic hemorrhage. Some studies have investigated this topic but without completely controlling the effect of learning the tests.

Objective: To analyze our data using 2 different statistical procedures that attempt to solve this problem.

Neuropsychological evaluation of the treatments applied to intracranial aneurysms in a Spanish sample.

Very few studies have examined the neuropsychological differences between the two types of aneurysm treatment, and these studies come from different countries. The purpose of this study is to compare the neuropsychological differences between surgical treatment and endovascular treatment in a Spanish sample of patients who have experienced an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. The sample is composed of three groups: 40 patients who underwent surgical intervention, 24 who were treated by means of coiling, and a group of 29 healthy participants.

Description of quality of life and its predictors in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Background: According to previous studies, the quality of life is usually substantially altered in patients who have suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage of an aneurysmal origin. Some studies have attempted to find out which factors predict the deterioration in quality of life. Our study will try to describe the quality of life of these patients and discover which variables may predict it in each of its dimensions.

Unilateral pallidal stimulation for segmental cervical and truncal dystonia: which side?

We present a 24-year-old man with idiopathic segmental cervical and truncal dystonia of juvenile onset. His condition improved after unilateral stimulation of the internal globus pallidus ipsilateral to the contracting sternocleidomastoid muscle.