We revised 16 patients submitted to epilepsy surgery using a new method of digital, real-time, portable electrocorticography. Patients were operated upon over a period of 28 months. There were no complications. The exam was useful in 13 cases. The low installation and operational costs, the reliability and simplicity of the method, indicate it may be useful for defining the epileptogenic regions in a variety of...
Eighty-four patients submitted to anterior temporal lobectomy were evaluated retrospectively in order to correlate the different type of simple partial seizure (SPS) and their prognostic implications in patients with mesial temporal sclerosis. The patients were divided in two groups following the classification of Engel; Group 1 (53 patients) included patients Class I (without seizures or of good outcome) and G...
A síndrome neuroléptica maligna (SNM) consiste em reação idiossincrática a neurolépticos, provavelmente relacionada a bloqueio dos receptores dopaminérgicos nos gânglios da base, sendo por isso também conhecida como síndrome da deficiência aguda de dopamina.A SNM é caracterizada por hiperpirexia, alteração do nível de consciência, hipertonia, disfunção autonômica e insuficiência respiratória, podendo ainda ser ...