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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-1459
    Keywords: Key words Post-lumbar puncture syndrome ; Post-lumbar puncture headache ; “Sprotte’s atraumatic ; needle” ; Stylet
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The post-lumbar puncture syndrome (PLPS) can best be explained by prolonged spinal fluid leakage owing to delayed closure of a dural defect. Its incidence after spinal anaesthesia is much lower than after diagnostic lumbar puncture (LP). This difference could be caused by a strand of arachnoid, which might enter the needle with the outflowing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) during diagnostic LP and upon removal of the needle be threaded back through the dura to produce prolonged CSF leakage. To find a technique that further reduces the incidence of PLPS, this hypothesis was tested by evaluating the effect that reinserting the stylet before removing the needle had on the incidence of PLPS. By reinserting the stylet to the tip of the needle, the hypothesized strand would be pushed out, thereby reducing the frequency of PLPS. Sprotte’s “atraumatic needle” (21 gauge) was used for LP. A total of 600 patients participated in the prospective study. They were randomized into two groups and questioned about their complaints every day for up to 7 days after the LP. All LPs were performed by two experienced neurologists (T.B., M.S.). In 300 patients, the stylet was reinserted to the tip of the needle; in the other 300 it was not reinserted. Whereas 49 of the 300 patients without reinsertion developed PLPS, only 15 of the 300 patients with reinsertion did. This significant difference (16.3 vs 5.0%, P 〈 0.005, chi square test) supports our hypothesis. On the basis of our results, we recommend reinserting the stylet before removing the needle in order to reduce the incidence of PLPS.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1433-0407
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Anteriorer Bogengang ; Oszillopsie ; Perilymphfistel ; Schwindel ; Tullio-Phänomen ; Key words Anterior semicircular canal ; Perilymphatic fistula ; Tullio's phenomenon ; Vertigo ; Vestibular system
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary In 1998 Minor et al. described a new variant of perilymphatic fistula: the “superior canal dehiscence syndrome”. This syndrome is clinically characterized by recurrent attacks of vertigo and oscillopsia induced by loud noises or stimuli that result in changes in intracranial or middle ear pressure. It is caused by a dehiscence of bone overlying the superior (anterior) semicircular canal. Due to this dehiscence, a third, mobile window (in addition to the round and oval windows) is formed, and changes in pressure are pathologically transduced to the anterior semicircular canal. Although the superior canal dehiscence syndrome is not a rare condition, no other cases have yet been reported. Therefore, we describe a typical patient who suffered for many years from recurrent attacks of vertigo and oscillopsia induced by coughing and Valsalva's maneuvers. High resolution temporal bone CT scan showed a defect in the bone overlying the left anterior semicircular canal. Three-dimensional eye movement recordings using the search coil technique and subsequent vector analysis demonstrated that the eye movements were induced by excitation of the left anterior semicircular canal. We conclude that superior canal dehiscence syndrome is an important differential diagnosis in patients suffering from symptoms of a perilymphatic fistula, especially since it can be successfully treated by “plugging” of the affected semicircular canal. Such patients are thus spared unnecessary surgery of the middle ear.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Minor et al. beschrieben 1998 eine neue Form der Perilymphfistel: die “innere Labyrinthfistel des anterioren Bogengangs”. Pathologisch-anatomisch liegt dieser ein knöcherner Defekt im Bereich des anterioren Bogengangs (zum Epiduralraum hin) zugrunde. Pathophysiologisch führt der Knochendefekt zu einem dritten mobilen Fenster (neben dem runden und ovalen) und so zu einer pathologischen Druckübertragung zum Perilymphraum. Obwohl die innere Fistel offenbar nicht selten ist, liegen zu diesem neuen differentialdiagnostisch und therapeutisch wichtigen Krankheitsbild bislang keine weiteren Veröffentlichungen vor. Deshalb beschreiben wir exemplarisch einen typischen Patienten mit seit Jahren bestehenden, durch Husten und Pressen ausgelösten Schwindelattacken, bei dem sich im hochauflösenden CT ein Knochendefekt im oberen Anteil des linken anterioren Bogengangs fand. Übereinstimmend damit konnte mittels dreidimensionaler Analyse der durch Druckänderungen induzierten Augenbewegungen nachgewiesen werden, dass diese tatsächlich auf einer Erregung des linken anterioren Bogengangs beruhen. Bei Patienten mit den Symptomen einer Perilymphfistel sollte an die Möglichkeit einer inneren Labyrinthfistel gedacht werden, insbesondere um ihnen eine unnötige Operation im Bereich des Mittelohres zu ersparen und sie statt dessen ggf. einer angemessenen operativen Behandlung (sog. “Plugging”, d. h. Obliteration des anterioren Bogengangs) zuführen zu können.
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