This content is machine translated Stroke Unit Long-term effects of treatment in a stroke unit. In the acute treatment of cerebral stroke, in addition to lysis, treatment in a spatially defined stroke unit with an interdisciplinary, specialized team is an important factor in reducing mortality…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Stroke Center and Stroke Unit Supply in Switzerland Brain stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability. The population is still insufficiently educated. Specialized interdisciplinary stepwise care and assessment can significantly improve the prognosis of stroke patients. A…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Rehabilitation for MOH “What’s that headache doing to me?” Frequent, regular use of analgesics often has the paradoxical effect of inducing chronic headache. Prof. Peter Sandor, MD, gave a presentation on this topic at the SGKN Congress in Basel…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Overuse-related nerve damage Peripheral nerve lesions due to sports Damage to peripheral nerves caused by sports often remains undetected for a long time, because the neurologist is usually not routinely consulted for sports injuries. As training volumes increase, overuse-related…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Hopeful research results Primates regain control over paralyzed limbs Having funded the IRP Spinal Cord Repair Chair at EPFL, held by Prof. Grégoire Courtine, since 2012, the IRP is participating in the funding of the clinical trial that has…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Search for causes obesity How brain and adipose tissue communicate By bringing together research fields that were previously pursued independently, such as neuroscience, metabolism and diabetology, and psychology, knowledge is also growing for diseases as complex as human obesity. Dr.…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Stroke patients should be treated in the stroke unit Stroke unit or stroke team? Question: Do stroke patients benefit from treatment in a monitored stroke unit compared with initial care in an intensive care unit with care by a mobile stroke team?
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Functional lesional neurosurgery for tremor. Thalamotomy with focused ultrasound as a therapy for essential tremor. Purpose: Does thalamotomy using MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) significantly improve tremor in patients with previously refractory essential tremor (ET) compared with sham treatment, and does the side effect profile justify…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Hope through rituximab? Purpose: Does immunomodulatory therapy with rituximab (Mabthera®) lead to sustained symptom improvement in patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)?
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Nerve bottleneck syndrome Diagnostic value of nerve sonography in carpal tunnel syndrome Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common nerve constriction syndrome. The diagnosis can often be made clinically with a focused history and neurologic examination. To assess nerve function as well…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated ECTRIMS Hot Topic Session The role of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in MS. In recent years, impressive results have been published on autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with multiple sclerosis. In a pro-con debate at the 32nd Congress of the European…
