Month: <span>June 2024</span>
Month: June 2024

Epidemiological and clinical trends of visceral leishmaniasis in Portugal: retrospective analysis of cases diagnosed in public hospitals between 2010 and 2020

Infect Dis Poverty. 2024 Jun 1;13(1):41. doi: 10.1186/s40249-024-01204-5. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Leishmania infantum is endemic in the Mediterranean region, presenting mostly as visceral leishmaniasis (VL). In …

Nonselective lumbosacral ventral-dorsal rhizotomy for the management of lower-limb hypertonia in nonambulatory children with cerebral palsy

Neurosurg Focus. 2024 Jun;56(6):E9. doi: 10.3171/2024.3.FOCUS2472. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: Children with cerebral palsy (CP) often experience medically refractory hypertonia, for which there are surgical therapies including …

Tethered cord syndrome from pediatric and adult perspectives: a comprehensive systematic review of 6135 cases

Neurosurg Focus. 2024 Jun;56(6):E18. doi: 10.3171/2024.3.FOCUS23899. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the differences in clinical features, diagnostic examination, treatment, and pathological results between …