[Musculoskeletal disorders among urologists-is there an association with open pelvic surgery? : Results of a national survey].

Background: In urology, the health implications of open pelvic surgery (OPS) on the patient have been the subject of numerous studies. However, health effects on the surgeon have not yet been sufficiently considered. The present study investigates the relationship between musculoskeletal disorders in urological surgeons and their activity in OPS.

Tentorial dural arteriovenous fistula presenting with various visual symptoms related to anterior and posterior visual pathway dysfunction: case report.

Objective And Importance: Dural arteriovenous fistulae (DAVFs) not directly shunting into the cavernous sinus are an infrequent cause of visual dysfunction. An unusual case of a tentorial DAVF associated with visual symptoms related to dysfunction of the anterior and posterior visual pathway is presented.

Clinical Presentation: A 38-year-old woman with a history of long-standing bilateral proptosis experienced a sudden onset of headache and visual disturbances.

[Use of the auditory brainstem neuroprosthesis in the Czech Republic].

Background: Auditory brainstem implant (ABI) is an electroprosthetic device enabling sound sensations in deaf persons with a bilateral lesion of auditory nerves. Stimulation of auditory nuclei in the floor of the IVth ventricle is realized by an electrode array introduced during surgery in the lateral recess of the IVth ventricle.

Methods And Results: The main indication group for ABI is represented by patients with neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) suffering from bilateral vestibular schwannomas.

Auditory brainstem implant in bilateral and completely ossified cochleae.

Objective: To report and evaluate the results of auditory brainstem implantation in a case of postmeningitis hearing loss with totally ossified cochleae on both sides.

Study Design: Case report.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.