... with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) treated at our institution, focusing on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and quality of life (QoL) of patients and their caregivers. Methods: We included consecutive patients undergoing SDR from 2018 to 2020 at our institution. Subjective outcome was measured through...

... management. Surgical management and quality of life should be considered when choosing the best treatment. Factors influencing long-term PFS were high-grade histopathology, the need for three or more surgeries, postoperative FSS >16, and CNS infections. Patients were followed for a minimum of 24 months...

...), both preoperatively and post-operatively, were compared. Subjective data for the cosmesis outcome – “Sloan and Whitaker outcome class” – following surgery were assessed. Also, parent-reported outcome measurement (PROM) was performed with various parameters to assess quality of life (QOL). Results: We...

... Absorbable sutures Early postoperative shampooing Quality of life Cranial surgical site infection (SSI) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitals. The majority of cranial SSIs are deep or superficial infections which cause long-term hospitalization, high medical treatment rates...

...Michael Vassilyadi; Gail Macartney; Nick Barrowman; Peter Anderson; Karen Dube Background: Sports are a major cause of concussions, and little is known about the symptom experience and health-related quality of life (HRQL) in children who remain symptomatic for over 3 months following such head...

.... This case demonstrates that multiple tumour resections can be undertaken with limited morbidity for the patient and with maintenance of quality of life. Repeated focal irradiation can also be used to control the disease with limited morbidity. [email protected] 25 04 2014 1 02 2015...

... for drug-resistant epilepsy from a large tertiary care center in India. Methods: Retrospectively: quality of life (QOL); prospectively: preoperative assessment included interictal EEG, MRI (as per epilepsy protocol), video-EEG. Ictal SPECT (with subtraction) and PET were performed when required. QOL scores...

... a systematic review of patient outcome based on quality of life following DCH in a pediatric population. Methods: We describe our experience with decompressive craniectomy in pediatric patients and perform a literature review and pooled outcomes analysis to supplement these findings. A total of 13 children...

... ethical arguments presented to date in the literature regarding the GP. It also provides an evidence-based critique of the GP in light of quality-of-life studies addressing adults with MMC, and ascertains whether or not the GP meets the criteria for an evidence-based guideline. Additionally, there has...

..., * Division of Neurology, and d Department of Radiation Oncology, St. Jude Children s Research Hospital, and Departments of c Pediatric Neurosurgery, f Pediatrics, and * Radiology, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, Tcnn., USA Key Words Brain stem glioma Quality of life IQ Abstract In order...