Background. In this retrospective study, we aimed to compare the results of two surgical techniques, conventional and transverse mini-incision. Materials and Methods. 95 patients were operated between 2011 and 2012 in Bitlis State Hospital. 50 patients were operated with conventional technique and 45 of them were operated with minimal transverse incision. Postoperative complications, incision site problems, and the time of starting to use their hands in daily activities were noted. Results. 95 patients were included in the study. The mean age was 48. 87 of them were female and 8 were male. There was no problem of incision site in both of the two surgical techniques. Only in one patient, anesthesia developed in minimal incision technique. The time of starting to use their hands in daily activities was 22,2 days and 17 days in conventional and minimal incision technique, respectively. Conclusion. Two surgical techniques did not show superiority to each other in terms of postoperative complications and incision site problems except the time of starting to use their hands in daily activities.
ÖzetGörme alanında fotopsi, fortifikasyon spektrumu ve parlama skotomu, görsel auralı migrenin karakteristik tanısal özellikleridir. Olguların büyük bir çoğunluğunda tanı ileri tetkiklere gerek kalmaksızın yapılabilmektedir. Bu makalede, astrositomlu üç ardı-şık olgu sunuldu ve migren benzeri görsel auranın klinik özellikleri tartışıldı.Anahtar sözcükler: Astrositoma; migren benzeri görsel aura.
SummaryPhotopsia, fortification spectra, and the slow propagation of a scintillating scotoma across the visual field are typical diagnostic features of the visual aura of migraine. In the vast majority of cases, the diagnosis can be made without the need for further investigations. Herein, we report three consecutive cases with an astrocytoma and discuss clinical features of migraine-like visual aura.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the localization properties in electrodiagnostically evaluated patients with a prediagnosis of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. Material and Methods: The results of 57 patients who were electrodiagnostically defined as ulnar neuropathy at the elbow, with using short segment conduction study (SSCS), were evaluated retrospectively. The number of extremities determined as having focal conduction block with changes in latency was 30, while focal conduction alone was 27. The locations of nerve entrapment sites were determined as humeroulnar arcade (HUA), retroepicondylar groove (RTC), medial intermuscular septum (MIS). Results: The entrapment was found in the left upper extremity with a rate of 73%. The frequencies of localizations were determined for RTC (35%), MIS (25%), RTC+MIS (19%), HUA (16%), HUA+RTC (5%). Conclusion: The entrapments at RTC, MIS and HUA regions could be determined in patients whom 10 cm SCSS technique was used. The localizations of ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow were RTC, MIS and HUA, in the order of decreasing frequency.
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