Subaxial transfacet fixation with/without laminectomy for cervical compressive myelopathy by Ahmed Ansari, Faiz Khan Yusufi, Nikhil Wadhwan

“…Cervical compressive myelopathy manifests mainly as spastic paralysis, exaggerated reflexes, and clumsiness of the hand, with/without gait disturbances. …”
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Distributed abnormal traffic detection method for SDN based on deep learning by WANG Kun, FU Yu, DUAN Xueyuan, YU Yihan, LIU Taotao

“…Addressing the high computational expenses, congested shared links, and propensity for single-point failures in network devices that can lead to a degradation of software defined network (SDN) service quality or even network paralysis during the execution of large-scale SDN detection tasks by traditional abnormal traffic detection methods, a distributed abnormal traffic detection method for SDN based on deep learning was proposed. …”
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Paraspinal and Extensive Epidural Abscess: The Great Masqueraders of Abdominal Pain by Andrew Chu, Thu Thu Aung, Uday Shankar

“…They can threaten the spinal cord by compressive effect, leading to sensory motor deficits and ultimately paralysis and death. Diagnosis may be a challenge due to the delayed presentation of nonspecific back pain or radicular pain such as chest pain or abdominal pain. …”
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Congenital Bilateral Perisylvian Syndrome Associated with Pierre Robin Sequence: a Case Report by Castro-Murillo, Julio Cesar, Gómez-Guzmán, Enid Leticia, Rojas-Cerón, Christian Andrés

“…Conclusions: Cortical development malformations, such as congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome, are part of the etiological spectrum in Pierre Robin sequence, especially those presenting with pseudobulbar paralysis, epileptic seizures, and central origin hypotonia.…”
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A Case of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting as Guillain-Barré Syndrome by Helen Chioma Okoh, Sandeep Singh Lubana, Spencer Langevin, Susan Sanelli-Russo, Adriana Abrudescu

“…We are reporting a rare case of Miller-Fisher (MFS) variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) as the first manifestation of SLE in a 41-year-old female who progressed to flaccid paralysis with no neurological improvement with initial immunosuppressive therapy, plasmapheresis, and first cycle of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) but with remarkable and complete recovery after the second 5-day course of IVIG.…”
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Guillain–Barre syndrome: An atypical presentation of IRIS on initiation of antiretroviral therapy in a newly diagnosed HIV infected by Hardik Patel, Debajyoti Majumdar, Dolanchampa Modak

“…Diagnosis of GBS was made, patient was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin and invasive ventilatory support was added for respiratory paralysis. He showed clinical signs of improvement and was discharged in a favourable condition after 2 weeks. …”
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Malignant Transformation Six Months after Removal of Intracranial Epidermoid Cyst: A Case Report by Fayçal Lakhdar, El Mehdi Hakkou, Rachid Gana, Rachid My Maaqili, Fouad Bellakhdar

“…A 52-year-old man presented with left facial paralysis and cerebellar ataxia. He had undergone total removal of a benign epidermoid cyst six months previously. …”
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Schwann Cells in Neuromuscular Disorders: A Spotlight on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Kathryn R. Moss, Smita Saxena

“…Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a complex neurodegenerative disease primarily affecting motor neurons, leading to progressive muscle atrophy and paralysis. This review explores the role of Schwann cells in ALS pathogenesis, highlighting their influence on disease progression through mechanisms involving demyelination, neuroinflammation, and impaired synaptic function. …”
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Infertility in Men with Spinal Cord Injury: Research and Treatment by Nancy L. Brackett

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LMN Facial Palsy in Pregnancy: An Opportunity to Predict Preeclampsia—Report and Review by Vani Aditya

“…Facial paralysis is the most frequent unilateral cranial nerve pathology affecting pregnant population 2 to 4 times more often than the nonpregnant population. …”
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Bilateral Facial Palsy in Rapidly Progressive Course of Wegener’s Granulomatosis: A Case Report by Anna Roszkowska, Monika Morawska-Kochman, Hanna Temporale, Małgorzata Sikorska-Żuk, Tomasz Kręcicki

“…The objective of our report was to describe the unusual course of Wegener’s granulomatosis with the bilateral facial nerve paralysis, which subsided after application of steroids and immunosuppressive therapy in combination with surgical treatment. …”
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pitolisant, a novel histamine-3 receptor competitive antagonist, and inverse agonist, in the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness in adult patients with narcolepsy by Noeen Sarfraz, David Okuampa, Hannah Hansen, Mark Alvarez, Elyse M. Cornett, Juyeon Kakazu, Adam M. Kaye, Alan D. Kaye

“…Narcolepsy is a debilitating sleep disorder that presents with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and cataplexy, which is a sudden paralysis of muscle tone triggered by strong emotions such as laughing. …”
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Stabbing Yourself in the Heart: A Case of Autoimmunity Gone Awry by Hari Vigneswaran, Leslie Parikh, Athena Poppas

“…Guillain-Barre Syndrome is autoimmune polyneuropathy that often results in transient paralysis. Simultaneous diagnosis of both entities is a rare but described phenomenon. …”
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Surgical Treatment for Occipital Condyle Fracture, C1 Dislocation, and Cerebellar Contusion with Hemorrhage after Blunt Head Trauma by Shigeo Ueda, Nobuhiro Sasaki, Miyuki Fukuda, Minoru Hoshimaru

“…Although the patient wore a halo vest for 3 months after surgery, lower cranial nerve symptoms, including not only neck pain but also paralysis of the throat and larynx, improved postoperatively. …”
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Weight-Loss Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment and Essential Amino Acid Supplementation in a Patient with Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Obesity by Marwan El Ghoch, Paola Vittoria Bazzani, Simona Calugi, Riccardo Dalle Grave

“…Spinal muscular atrophy is a genetic neuromuscular disease characterised by muscle atrophy, hypotonia, weakness, and progressive paralysis. Usually, these patients display increased fat mass deposition and reductions in fat-free mass and resting energy expenditure—an unfavourable condition that facilitates the development of obesity. …”
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Total Endoscopic Thyroidectomy with Intraoperative Laryngeal Nerve Monitoring by Bin Lv, Bin Zhang, Qing-Dong Zeng

“…To evaluate the clinical efficacy of laryngeal nerve (LN) monitoring (LNM) during total endoscopic thyroidectomy via breast approach, with emphasis on the identification rates for RLN and EBSLN and the incidence of RLN paralysis. Materials and Methods. This retrospective study included 280 patients who underwent endoscopic thyroidectomy with or without LNM. …”
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Simultaneous transcatheter aortic valve implantation and femoral osteosynthesis: a case report by Yuki Mitsuta, Yukiko Okamura, Yosuke Miyamoto, Dai Tanahira

“…After completing the surgery, the patient recovered from anesthesia, and extubation was performed after confirming the absence of paralysis. The patient had no noticeable postoperative complications and successfully underwent rehabilitation. …”
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RTT et Santé : Petite chronique d’un égarement collectif by Anne Flottes

“…She gradually paints a defensive vicious circle of thought and action paralysis and the harmful loss of self-esteem. The reduction in working time may not be the cause of the deterioration in mental health; it may correspond to the representative instant in the involuntary but not unconscious commitment of employees, unions and policies in maintaining the system that they criticize: by accepting to line up under the banner of the stereotypes of economic fatality, of the commercial "war" and of work evaluation management criteria, they have eliminated the problem of conflicts of interest, ethical and technical confrontations about daily work practices, but they have also lost the anchor for subverting the requirements; they have to bear the doubt and guilt alone. …”
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Brainstem Infarction and Panuveitis due to Sarcoidosis Successfully Treated with Steroid Pulse Therapy by Natsuyo Yoshida-Hata, Shigeko Yashiro, Noritoshi Arai, Sousuke Takeuchi

“…Two days later, he suddenly experienced dizziness, speech disturbance, paralysis of his right extremities, and gait disturbances. …”
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Management of Residual Neuromuscular Blockade Recovery: Age-Old Problem with a New Solution by Michael S. Green, Archana Gundigi Venkatesh, Ranjani Venkataramani

“…Neostigmine has been traditionally used as the agent of choice to reverse Neuromuscular Blockade (NMB) after muscle paralysis during general anesthesia. However, the use of neostigmine has not been without untoward events. …”
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