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Int J Mol Sci ; 18(1)2017 Jan 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28124993

RESUMO

Caudal regression syndrome (CRS) is a malformation occurring during the fetal period and mainly characterized by an incomplete development of the spinal cord (SC), which is often accompanied by other developmental anomalies. We studied a 9-month old child with CRS who presented interruption of the SC at the L2-L3 level, sacral agenesis, a lack of innervation of the inferior limbs (flaccid paraplegia), and neurogenic bladder and bowel. Given the known positive effects of growth hormone (GH) on neural stem cells (NSCs), we treated him with GH and rehabilitation, trying to induce recovery from the aforementioned sequelae. The Gross Motor Function Test (GMFM)-88 test score was 12.31%. After a blood analysis, GH treatment (0.3 mg/day, 5 days/week, during 3 months and then 15 days without GH) and rehabilitation commenced. This protocol was followed for 5 years, the last GH dose being 1 mg/day. Blood analysis and physical exams were performed every 3 months initially and then every 6 months. Six months after commencing the treatment the GMFM-88 score increased to 39.48%. Responses to sensitive stimuli appeared in most of the territories explored; 18 months later sensitive innervation was complete and the patient moved all muscles over the knees and controlled his sphincters. Three years later he began to walk with crutches, there was plantar flexion, and the GMFM-88 score was 78.48%. In summary, GH plus rehabilitation may be useful for innervating distal areas below the level of the incomplete spinal cord in CRS. It is likely that GH acted on the ependymal SC NSCs, as the hormone does in the neurogenic niches of the brain, and rehabilitation helped to achieve practically full functionality.


Assuntos
Extremidades/inervação , Hormônio do Crescimento/uso terapêutico , Doenças da Medula Espinal/tratamento farmacológico , Doenças da Medula Espinal/reabilitação , Criança , Humanos , Imageamento Tridimensional , Lactente , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Síndrome
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Int J Mol Sci ; 16(12): 30470-82, 2015 Dec 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26703581

RESUMO

UNLABELLED: The aim of this study is to describe the results obtained after growth hormone (GH) treatment and neurorehabilitation in a young man that suffered a very grave traumatic brain injury (TBI) after a plane crash. METHODS: Fifteen months after the accident, the patient was treated with GH, 1 mg/day, at three-month intervals, followed by one-month resting, together with daily neurorehabilitation. Blood analysis at admission showed that no pituitary deficits existed. At admission, the patient presented: spastic tetraplegia, dysarthria, dysphagia, very severe cognitive deficits and joint deformities. Computerized tomography scanners (CT-Scans) revealed the practical loss of the right brain hemisphere and important injuries in the left one. Clinical and blood analysis assessments were performed every three months for three years. Feet surgery was needed because of irreducible equinovarus. RESULTS: Clinical and kinesitherapy assessments revealed a prompt improvement in cognitive functions, dysarthria and dysphagia disappeared and three years later the patient was able to live a practically normal life, walking alone and coming back to his studies. No adverse effects were observed during and after GH administration. CONCLUSIONS: These results, together with previous results from our group, indicate that GH treatment is safe and effective for helping neurorehabilitation in TBI patients, once the acute phase is resolved, regardless of whether or not they have GH-deficiency (GHD).


Assuntos
Acidentes Aeronáuticos , Lesões Encefálicas/tratamento farmacológico , Hormônio do Crescimento/uso terapêutico , Adolescente , Lesões Encefálicas/etiologia , Lesões Encefálicas/reabilitação , Hormônio do Crescimento/administração & dosagem , Humanos , Cinesiologia Aplicada , Masculino
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Rev. cuba. oncol ; 17(2): 89-94, mayo.ago.2001.
Artigo em Espanhol | CUMED | ID: cum-21755

RESUMO

El vaciamiento selectivo lateral es una técnica quirúrgica diseñada para resecar los ganglios linfáticos en riesgo de metástasis subclínicas en el carcinoma de laringe e hipofaringe con ganglios clínicamente negativos donde la cirugía es el tratamiento de elección. Consiste en la exéresis de los niveles ganglionares II, III y IV homolaterales o bilaterales en dependencia de la localización tumoral. Las diferentes técnicas de vaciamientos selectivos se vienen popularizando desde hace algo más de una década y su aplicación está basada en trabajos clásicos que pusieron en evidencia los patrones de diseminación cervical de los carcinomas de vías aerodigestivas superiores en los años 70 y 80, con el objetivo de mantener buenos resultados oncológicos con mejores resultados estéticos y funcionales. Actualmente existen controversias sobre este tema en lo concerniente a sus indicaciones y resultados oncológicos. Con el avance de la investigación clínica los vaciamientos selectivos encontraran su papel en el tratamiento de los tumores de cabeza y cuello. En el manejo del cáncer laríngeo el vaciamiento selectivo lateral ha logrado reducir los índices de recurrencia regional pero no la supervivencia en la mayoría de las series. Nuestro trabajo es una revisión y análisis del estado actual de esta controversia. Se realiza además un breve bosquejo de la técnica quirúrgica


Assuntos
Humanos , Gânglios/cirurgia , Laringoscopia/métodos , Neoplasias Laríngeas/cirurgia , Neoplasias Hipofaríngeas , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço
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Rev. cuba. oncol ; 17(2): 89-94, mayo-ago. 2001.
Artigo em Espanhol | LILACS | ID: lil-331422

RESUMO

El vaciamiento selectivo lateral es una técnica quirúrgica diseñada para resecar los ganglios linfáticos en riesgo de metástasis subclínicas en el carcinoma de laringe e hipofaringe con ganglios clínicamente negativos donde la cirugía es el tratamiento de elección. Consiste en la exéresis de los niveles ganglionares II, III y IV homolaterales o bilaterales en dependencia de la localización tumoral. Las diferentes técnicas de vaciamientos selectivos se vienen popularizando desde hace algo más de una década y su aplicación está basada en trabajos clásicos que pusieron en evidencia los patrones de diseminación cervical de los carcinomas de vías aerodigestivas superiores en los años 70 y 80, con el objetivo de mantener buenos resultados oncológicos con mejores resultados estéticos y funcionales. Actualmente existen controversias sobre este tema en lo concerniente a sus indicaciones y resultados oncológicos. Con el avance de la investigación clínica los vaciamientos selectivos encontraran su papel en el tratamiento de los tumores de cabeza y cuello. En el manejo del cáncer laríngeo el vaciamiento selectivo lateral ha logrado reducir los índices de recurrencia regional pero no la supervivencia en la mayoría de las series. Nuestro trabajo es una revisión y análisis del estado actual de esta controversia. Se realiza además un breve bosquejo de la técnica quirúrgica


Assuntos
Humanos , Gânglios , Neoplasias Hipofaríngeas , Laringoscopia , Metástase Neoplásica
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