Post-surgical complications of median nerve release at the wrist level.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a set of signs and symptoms caused by compression of the median nerve as it travels through the wrist at the carpal tunnel. The diagnosis is clinical and based on the presence of characteristic signs and symptoms. Proper nonsurgical treatment can stop the progression of this disorder and prevent the development of permanent disability. Surgical treatment may be indicated to patients with complications rated as moderate to severe. Although the surgery is relatively simple, basic antisepsis care before, during, and after the procedure, and guidance of patients for the management of wound hygiene upon discharge, make recovery more secure and prevent disabling sequelae. We report a case of a patient that had infection, edema, and temporary loss of flexibility of the fingers after a surgical procedure to release the median nerve.

Neurocisticercose: evolução incomum para forma gigante intraventricular / Neurocysticercosis: unusual evolution to giant intraventricular form

Neurocisticercose é a parasitose mais frequente do sistema nervoso central. Os cisticercos se localizam principalmente no córtex do parênquima cerebral, menos frequentemente no espaço subaracnoideo, ou no sistema ventricular. Geralmente possuem 4 a 20 mm de diâmetro e, ocasionalmente, quando maiores que 50 mm determinam sua forma gigante de apresentação. Reportamos um caso incomum de neurocisticercose por cisto gigante intraventricular. Comentamos sobre os aspectos diagnósticos e terapêuticos...