Solitary abducens palsy secondary to isolated sphenoid sinus disease (ISSD) is rare and early management is important. There is no report regarding the results of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) for prolonged abducens palsy due to ISSD. We present four cases of ISSD with solitary abducens palsy that received ESS from 1995 through 2000. The interval between onset of diplopia and ESS was longer th...

Cerebral palsy is a term used for a group of nonprogressive, incurable brain disorders that affect motor control. There are four different types―spastic, dyskinetic/athetoid, ataxic, and mixed―with spastic being the most common. The main symptom of spastic cerebral palsy is stiff muscles. The subtypes are categorized by the number of limbs affected and the quality of movement. The affected limb...

The authors compared the outcomes of 17 children aged 7 to 15 years with DYT1 dystonia or cerebral palsy following deep brain stimulation. While patients with cerebral palsy presented with significantly greater motor disability than the DYT1 cohort at baseline, both groups demonstrated improvement at 1 year (cerebral palsy = 24%; DYT1 = 6%). The group as a whole demonstrated significant improve...

OBJECTIVE To characterize the presentation, treatment, and outcome of neonates presenting with facial nerve palsy resulting from forceps use. DESIGN Retrospective medical chart review. SETTING Two tertiary care pediatric hospitals. PATIENTS Neonates with facial nerve palsy caused by forceps use born during the period of April 1, 1989, to April 1, 2005. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Resolution of...

The optimal treatment approach for the initial management of radial nerve palsy associated with humeral shaft fractures has yet to be conclusively determined. The authors performed a systematic review of the literature to identify studies that compared the outcomes after initial nonoperative and operative management for radial nerve palsy associated with acute humeral shaft fractures. A meta-an...

Health status of children with cerebral palsy living in Europe: a multi-centre study. [4] Bøttcher L. Children with spastic cerebral palsy, their cognitive functioning, and social participation: a review.cess of children with cerebral palsy to the physical, social and attitudinal environment they need: a cross-sectional European study.cess of children with cerebral palsy to the physical, social...

background and purpose: speech intelligibility refers to how speech is understandable by listeners.  this study examined speech intelligibility in children (persian native speakers) with spastic cerebral palsy aged 8-12 years old. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was performed in 31dysarthric students (….. boys and …..girls)  in tehran, 2014. a list of words and sentences were pre...

abstract background: nowadays, caregivers’ general health has an influential impact on patients’ and attendants’ education as well as the management of chronic diseases. this study aimed to design, develop and evaluate an android application based on a user-led approach to educate caregivers of children with cerebral palsy. methods: to conduct this applied developmental study, we first assessed...

Objective: To report a case of pituitary apoplexy presenting with unilateral ptosis and third nerve palsy in diabetic hypertensive patient. Clinical Presentation Intervention: A 50 years old man developed palsy. macro adenoma hemorrhagic necrotic changes on MRI scan was resected by endoscopic transsphenoidal procedure. Third improved promptly completely few hours postoperatively. Conclusion: Th...

purpose: to evaluate the effect of botulinum toxin-a (bta) injection into the inferior oblique (io) muscle in releaving the symptoms of superior oblique (so) palsy. methods: the study was conducted on patients who were referred for acquired so palsy with less than 2 years of duration. about 10-20 unit of bta was injected into the belly of the inferior oblique muscle through the inferotemporal q...