Impact of haemoglobin A1c on wound infection in patients with diabetes with implanted synthetic graft.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) values and operative wound infection.

Method: During the period from 2013-2016, consecutive patients with type 2 diabetes were prospectively evaluated. Data were retrospectively analysed.

[Morphometric characteristics of neuropeptide Y immunoreactive neurons of human cortical amygdaloid nucleus].

Introduction: Cortical amygdaloid nucleus belongs to the corticomedial part of the amygdaloid complex. In this nucleus there are neurons that produce neuropeptide Y. This peptide has important roles in sleeping, learning, memory, gastrointestinal regulation, anxiety, epilepsy, alcoholism and depression.

[Surgical treatment of Arnold-Chiari malformation type I in an adult patient].

Background: Herniation of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum into the cervical spinal canal with obliteration of the cerebellomedullary cistern is the primary feature of Arnold-Chiari type I malformation (ACM I). It is considered to be congenital malformation, although there have been reported cases of an acquired form.

Case Report: We presented a female patient, 45-year old, with ACM I without syringomyelia as a rare and unusual clinical image, as well as the effect of decompressive surgery in the treatment of this malformation.

Microanatomy of the subependymal arteries of the lateral ventricle.

Background: Scarce information about the anatomy of the subependymal arteries (SEAs) is present in the scientific literature.

Methods: Twenty cerebral hemispheres with injected arteries were microdissected, and the magnetic resonance imaging scans of 100 patients with lacunar infarcts were examined.

Results: The SEAs were found to range in diameter from 40 to 490 microm (mean, 149 microm) and in number between 3 and 12 (average, 5.