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Impact of Prior Intravenous Immunoglobulin and Plasmapheresis on Eculizumab or Ravulizumab Treatment for Generalized Myasthenia Gravis: An Analysis of the MG SPOTLIGHT Registry

Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The complement component 5 inhibitor therapies (C5ITs) eculizumab and ravulizumab are approved for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG). We evaluated the real‐world effectiveness and safety of eculizumab and ravulizumab in patients with gMG with or without prior intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) or plasma exchange ...
Akiyuki Uzawa, Ema Rodrigues, Hiroyuki Murai   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intradural Schwannoma Exacerbating the Symptoms of Degenerative Lumbar Stenosis: Case Report

Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2017
Introduction Schwannoma is a common intradural slow-growing, benign and encapsulated tumor that originates from the myelin sheaths of the nerve fibers.
Lucas Crociati Meguins, Raphael dos Santos Abílio, Herbert Cunha Moreira Santos, Linoel Curado Valsechi, Elísio Eduardo Cardoso Duarte, Dionei Freitas de Morais   +5 more
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Central nervous system involvement in cardiac amyloidosis: Redefining the heart‐brain axis

European Journal of Clinical Investigation, EarlyView.
Central nervous system involvement in cardiac amyloidosis. Amyloidosis is a systemic disease that can directly affect the central nervous system. Furthermore, the amyloid cardiomyopathy can indirectly affect the central nervous system by inducing systemic hypoperfusion and increasing the risk of acute ischaemic stroke.
Domenico Mario Giamundo, Giuliano Cassataro, Stefano Ministrini, Simon F. Stämpfli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conservative management of low back pain [PDF]

, 2001
Back pain is prevalent worldwide, but back pain disability has reached epidemic proportions in many industrialised societies. Few patients have serious medical pathology or direct neurological involvement requiring surgery.
De Souza, LH, Frank, AO
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Surgical treatment of degenerative stenotic lesions of the lumbar spine. Own experience of using minimally invasive techniques

Ukrainian Neurosurgical Journal
Lumbar spinal stenosis is a multifactorial progressive condition mainly affecting older individuals, characterized by narrowing of the natural anatomical pathways passage of nerve structures, resulting in typical clinical symptoms. The disease
Ivan O. Kapshuk, Yuriy E. Pedachenko
doaj   +1 more source

Bisphosphonate's and Intermittent Parathyroid Hormone's Effect on Human Spinal Fusion: A Systematic Review of the Literature. [PDF]

, 2017
There has been a conscious effort to address osteoporosis in the aging population. As bisphosphonate and intermittent parathyroid hormone (PTH) therapy become more widely prescribed to treat osteoporosis, it is important to understand their effects on ...
Acosta, Frank L, Hah, Raymond, Hsieh, Patrick C, Iorio, Justin A, Jakoi, Andre M, Liu, John C, Patel, Neil N, Pham, Martin H, Stone, Michael A, Wang, Jeffrey C   +9 more
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Clinical Outcomes of Posterolateral Fusion vs. Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion in Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis and Degenerative Instability.

Pain Physician, 2018
BACKGROUND Degenerative lumbar spine disease can lead to lumbar spine instability. Lumbar spine instability is defined as an abnormal response to applied loads characterized kinematically by abnormal movement in the motion segment beyond normal ...
M. Farrokhi, Golnaz Yadollahikhales, Mehrnaz Gholami, S. Mousavi, A. Mesbahi, A. Asadi-Pooya   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Factors and Experiences Associated With Unscheduled Hospital Readmission After Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Case–Controlled Study

Orthopaedic Surgery, Volume 17, Issue 5, Page 1389-1396, May 2025.
The research utilized a case–control approach to contrast patients experiencing unscheduled readmissions with those undergoing planned readmissions due to staged surgery. Findings indicated a 3.88% rate of unscheduled readmissions, mainly linked to adjacent segment disease, with 3.35% necessitating reoperation.
Wangmi Liu, Feng Zhang, Yiqing Tao, Hao Li, Qixin Chen, Fangcai Li   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tethered spinal cord syndrome with lumbar segmental stenosis treated with XLIF

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2017
Background: Tethered cord syndrome (TCS) is a congenital malformation consisting in fixation of spinal cord and nerves to the base of spinal canal associated to various spinal dysraphisms as spina bifida, musculoskeletal deformities and typical cutaneus ...
Ettore Carpineta, MD, Raffaelino Roperto, MD, Guglielmo Cacciotti, MD, Luciano Mastronardi, MD, PhD   +3 more
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Change of sagittal spinal alignment and its association with pain and function after lumbar surgery augmented with an interspinous implant [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Interspinous spacer/implants like the Device for Intervertebral Assisted Motion (DIAM™) are controversially yet commonly used in the surgical treatment of lumbar degenerative pathologies. Criticism is based on ill-defined indications, lack of
Crawford, Rebecca J., Malone, Quentin J., Price, Roger I.   +2 more
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