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Nationwide Access to Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Portugal
Dias, Mariana Carvalho; Reis, Ricardo Soares dos; Santos, João Vasco; Nunes, Ana Paiva; Ferreira, Patricia; Maia, Bruno; Fragata, Isabel; Reis, JoaoIntroduction: Since the publication of endovascular treatment trials and European Stroke Guidelines, Portugal has re-organized stroke healthcare. The nine centers performing endovascular treatment are not equally distributed within the country, which may lead to differential access to endovascular treatment. Our main aim was to perform a descriptive analysis of the main treatment metrics regarding endovascular ...
Nationwide Access to Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Portugal
Dias, Mariana Carvalho; dos Reis, Ricardo Soares; Santos, João Vasco; Nunes, Ana Paiva; Ferreira, Patricia; Maia, Bruno; Fragata, Isabel; Reis, JoaoIntroduction: Since the publication of endovascular treatment trials and European Stroke Guidelines, Portugal has re-organized stroke healthcare. The nine centers performing endovascular treatment are not equally distributed within the country, which may lead to differential access to endovascular treatment. Our main aim was to perform a descriptive analysis of the main treatment metrics regarding endovascular ...
Sudden Deafness: What are we missing? Deafness as a Lyme´s disease single prese...
Amaro, Carla d'Espiney; Branco, Gabriel; Montalvão, Pedro; Saraiva, JoséIntroduction: Lyme´s disease is a systemic infection and the most common thick-borne disease in North America, Europe and Asia. Described for the first time in 1977 in the US and in 1989 in Portugal, it became a notifiable disease in 1999. Lisbon district is the most affected area, with an annual incidence of 0,04/100000 habitants.Objective: To present the clinical case of a female patient with unilateral sudde...
Traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the internal carotid artery causing epistaxis
Guimarães, Ana; Freire, Filipe; Vilela, Pedro; Branco, Gabriel; Lemos, Vitor; Prata, JoãoPost-traumatic pseudoaneurysms of the internal carotid artery are a rare cause of epistaxis, that can be life-threatening if not adequatelly managed.We report a case of a pseudoaneurysm of the carotid artery presenting with massive epistaxis, 11 years after craniofacial trauma. Coil embolization of the pseudoaneurysm was performed and the patient had no further episodes of epistaxis with no neurologic sequelae....
Jugulotympanic paragangliomas. Surgical technique and experience of the Egas Mo...
d'Almeida, Gonçalo Neto; Escada, Pedro; Branco, Gabriel; Vital, José PratasObjectives: Describe the surgical technique and experience of the departments of Otolaryngology and Neurosurgery of the Egas Moniz Hospital in the surgical treatment of jugulotympanic paragangliomas.Study design: Description of the surgical technique and retrospective evaluation of the cases operated in a period of 20 years.Materials and methods: 24 patients were operated by an otoneurosurgical team between 198...