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Giovanna Giordano

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Percutaneous Pedicle-Lengthening Osteotomy in Minimal Invasive Spinal Surgery to Treat Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Single-Center Prelimina…

2018

Background Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a narrowing of the spinal canal due to spinal degeneration, and its main clinical symptom is neurogenic claudication. Surgical treatment is pursued for patients who do not improve with conservative care. Patients with symptomatic LSS who also have significant medical comorbidities, although clearly in need of intervention, are unattractive candidates for traditional open lumbar decompressive procedures. Thus it is important to explore minimally invasive surgical techniques to treat select patients with LSS. Methods This retrospective case series evaluated the clinical and radiographic outcomes of a new minimally invasive procedure to treat LSS: pe…

Malemedicine.medical_specialtyPercutaneousVisual analogue scaleSpinal stenosismedicine.medical_treatmentPopulationlumbar spinal stenosiNeurogenic claudicationOsteotomylumbar degenerative disease03 medical and health sciencesSpinal Stenosis0302 clinical medicineLumbarRetrospective StudiemedicineHumansMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresSpinal canal030212 general & internal medicineeducationpedicle-lengthening osteotomyAgedRetrospective StudiesAged 80 and overeducation.field_of_studyLumbar VertebraeSettore MED/27 - Neurochirurgiabusiness.industryminimal invasive spinal surgeryMinimally Invasive Surgical ProcedureMiddle AgedDecompression Surgicalmedicine.diseaseOsteotomySurgerySpinal StenosiTreatment Outcomemedicine.anatomical_structureFemaleSurgeryNeurology (clinical)medicine.symptombusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgeryHumanJournal of Neurological Surgery Part A: Central European Neurosurgery
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Assessment of brain core temperature using MR DWI-thermometry in Alzheimer disease patients compared to healthy subjects

2017

Purpose: To assess the brain core temperature of Alzheimer disease (AD) patients in comparison with healthy volunteers using diffusion-weighted thermometry. Materials and methods: Fourteen AD patients (3 men, 11 women; age range 60–81 years, mean age 73.8 ± 6.1 years) and 14 healthy volunteers, age and sex-matched (mean age 70.1 ± 6.9 years; range 62–84 years; 5 men, 9 women) underwent MR examination between February 2014 and March 2016. MR imaging studies were performed with a 1.5-T MR scanner. Brain core temperature (T: °C) was calculated using the following equation from the diffusion coefficient (D) in the lateral ventricular (LV) cerebrospinal fluid: T = 2256.74/ln (4.39221/D) − 273.15…

Malemedicine.medical_specialtyThermometryCore temperatureBody Temperature030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineCerebrospinal fluidAlzheimer DiseaseHumansMedicineRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingStatistical analysisAgedRetrospective StudiesAged 80 and overbusiness.industryDiffusion-weighted imaging temperatureSignificant differenceHealthy subjectsBrainMean ageMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseMr imagingDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingCase-Control StudiesFemaleDiffusion-weighted imagingRadiologyAlzheimer's diseasebusinessNuclear medicine030217 neurology & neurosurgeryMRIJapanese Journal of Radiology
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Value of serial magnetic resonance imaging in the assessment of brain metastases volume control during stereotactic radiosurgery

2016

AIM To evaluate brain metastases volume control capabilities of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) through serial magnetic resonance (MR) imaging follow-up. METHODS MR examinations of 54 brain metastases in 31 patients before and after SRS were reviewed. Patients were included in this study if they had a pre-treatment MR examination and serial follow-up MR examinations at 6 wk, 9 wk, 12 wk, and 12 mo after SRS. The metastasis volume change was categorized at each follow-up as increased (> 20% of the initial volume), stable (± 20% of the initial volume) or decreased (< 20% of the initial volume). RESULTS A local tumor control with a significant (P < 0.05) volume decrease was observed in 25 meta…

medicine.medical_specialtyPseudo progressionBrain metastasemedicine.medical_treatmentPseudo-progressionVolume controlRadiosurgery03 medical and health sciencesMagnetic resonance imaging0302 clinical medicineRetrospective StudymedicineStereotactic radiosurgerymedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryBrain metastasesMagnetic resonance imagingequipment and suppliesRadiation therapyRadiation therapySerial magnetic resonance imaging030220 oncology & carcinogenesisRadiologyNuclear medicinebusinesshuman activities030217 neurology & neurosurgeryWorld Journal of Radiology
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PECULIARE EVOLUZIONE DELLA SEMEIOTICA NEURORADIOLOGICA DI UN CASO DI MALATTIA DEMIELINIZZANTE CON LESIONI PSEUDOTUMORALI

2013

SCOPO DEL LAVORO Presentiamo un caso di una paziente di 24 anni che giunge alla nostra attenzione per la comparsa di disartria come quadro clinico d’esordio di una forma aggressiva di malattia demielinizzante di cui si valuta l’atipica evoluzione neuroradiologica delle lesioni pseudotumorali che la caratterizzano e le possibili diagnosi differenziali. MATERIALI E METODI La paziente dopo una prima valutazione in PS è stata sottoposta a TC encefalo, ricoverata presso l’U.O. di Neurologia, sottoposta a controlli RM seriati (anche con tecniche avanzate); durante la degenza è stata inoltre effettuata una biopsia stereotassica. RISULTATI La TC ha rilevato almeno tre lesioni ipodense: a sinistra…

sclerosi multipla lesioni pseudotumorali lesioni stroke-likeSettore MED/27 - NeurochirurgiaSettore BIO/14 - FarmacologiaSettore MED/37 - NeuroradiologiaSettore MED/26 - NeurologiaSettore MED/08 - Anatomia PatologicaSettore MED/36 - Diagnostica Per Immagini E Radioterapia
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