Abstract Background Bilateral vocal cord paralysis is a rare emergency presentation for Parkinson's disease (PD) but an acknowledged complication of atypical rarer form PD called Multi system atrophy ( MSA). MSA neurodegenerative disorder comprising autononic failure, cerebellar ataxia and parkinsonism. An early occurence stridor can indicate shorten survival quality life remains uncertain. Air...

The first successful resection of an intradural tumor, a fibro-myxoma, was accomplished in 1887 by Victor Horsley, and the first successful resection of an intramedullary spinal cord tumor was performed in 1907 by Anton von Eiselsberg in Austria. However, the first report of an intramedullary tumor appeared in 1911 by Charles Elsberg in New York. Elsberg described a two-stage strategy for the r...

AIM To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of computed tomography-guided high-level percutaneous selective cervical cordotomy (CT-guided HPSCC). MATERIAL AND METHODS CT-guided percutaneous procedures were performed in fifty-nine patients between the years 2004- 2013 for cancer pain. Forty-eight patients with cancer-related body pain were treated with CT-guided HPSCC was evaluated retrospect...

Stereotaxic subthalamotomy of 55 patients with cerebral palsy gave a good result in 65% of the selected cases. The result was uncertain in 15 and poor in 20%. An independent socio-medical follow-up study confirmed the clinical finding. The more rapid the involuntary movements, the better was the effect of subthalamotomy. Intention tremor was the most suitable symptom for stereotaxic treatment. ...

It has previously been reported (Smith, 1951) that the Marchi method applied to human material is useful in demonstrating degeneration in nerve fibres even when the interval between the occurrence of the lesion and death exceeded one year. Also (Smith, Strich, and Sharp, 1956) the Marchi method can be applied when the material has been stored in formol-saline for as long as eight years. This la...

A combination of non invasive acoustic and aerodynamic measures were used to analyze vocal function in three patients treated by CO2 Laser posterior transverse cordotomy for bilateral vocal fold paralysis. Measures included : (i) Frequency features : fundamental frequency, standard deviation, jitter, shimmer and harmonic-to-noise ratio, (ii) Several measures on the spectra of vowel /a/ : firstf...