Publications by authors named "Fernando A Vasconcelos"
E.L., a modern-day Phineas Gage: Revisiting frontal lobe injury.
Lancet Reg Health Am
October 2022
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how the brain, particularly the prefrontal cortex (PFC), recovers after injury and focuses on low-frequency oscillatory activity (LFO) as a key factor in this process.
- Data were collected from a patient, E.L., who had significant PFC damage due to an accident, and assessments included various clinical and neuropsychological tests to understand the relationship between LFO and cognitive function.
- Findings revealed that LFO activity varied with movement and brain hemisphere recruitment, suggesting potential targets for neuromodulation to improve executive functions, highlighting differences between E.L. and historical cases like Phineas Gage regarding cognitive impairments.
Background: Anterior sacral meningocele (ASM) is a defect in the closure of the neural tube. Patients can be asymptomatic or present with genitourinary, neurological, reproductive, or colorectal dysfunction. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the gold standard test because it can assess communication between the spinal subarachnoid space and the lesion and identify other abnormalities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPregnancy and puerperium are known conditions associated with venous thrombotic events, which may present atypically in cases such as cerebral venous thrombosis. Since these are uncommon events, there is a paucity of reports and protocols for the management of these patients, resulting in no clear consensus in the literature. We report a case of a woman, nine weeks pregnant, who developed thrombosis of the right transverse and superior sagittal sinuses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The purpose of this study was to determine the place of stay at postoperative and to verify medical-surgical complications that would justify admission to the intensive care unit, including death.
Methods: Cross-over, prospective, open study that evaluated 120 patients who were submitted to primary bariatric surgery by video laparoscopy from May 2007 to April 2008 in a tertiary hospital. The Aldrete Kroulik index was used for release from the post-anesthesia recovery room and to define where the patient should be routinely referred for postoperative.