Category: Birth Injuries

Botox for Children with Cerebral Palsy with Lower Limb Spasticity

Greg Vigna December 10, 2024 No Comments

“There is now clear evidence that the consequences of persistent increased muscle tone can be limited by applying an integrated multi-level BTX-A treatment approach,” states Guy Molenaers, MD, Ph.D., Orthopedic…

Prospective Study: Altis Polypropylene Sling versus TephaFex P4HB Sling

Greg Vigna December 2, 2024 No Comments

“I doubt a study comparing the Altis to the TephaFex mid-urethral sling will ever happen. I anticipate the P4HB technology will finally end the polypropylene vaginal mesh debacle,” states Greg…

Birth Centers and the Increased Risk of Adverse Neonatal Outcomes

Greg Vigna December 1, 2024 No Comments

“Birth Centers are popping up all over the place … despite the data on adverse neonatal outcomes. This is simply better marketing the benefits of comfort and personal service of…

Neonatal Diffusion-Weighted MRI: Prognostic Prediction of Neonatal HIE

Greg Vigna November 14, 2024 No Comments

“In an attempt to establish cutoff values to predict the occurrence of neurological sequelae, MD and FA measurements in the corpus callosum, thalamus, basal ganglia, corticospinal tract, and frontal white…

Diffusion Tensor Imaging: Early Diagnosis of Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Greg Vigna November 11, 2024 No Comments

“The aim was to investigate whether infants with periventricular white matter injury with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy have unique lesions different from lesions in those without cerebral palsy and to…

Neonatal Encephalopathy: Diffusion MRI and MR Spectroscopy Predictive of Outcome

Greg Vigna October 21, 2024 No Comments

“This is an important study because it shows Diffusion MRI and MR spectroscopy of newborns after therapeutic cooling has predictive value as to outcomes when it relates to adverse outcomes,…

Neonatal Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy: Seizures

Greg Vigna October 18, 2024 No Comments

“In our cohort, the presence of seizures, per se, was not associated with abnormal outcome; however a high seizure burden as well as a persistent abnormal aEEG background pattern and…

Mild Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy: Therapeutic Cooling Versus No Therapeutic Cooling

Greg Vigna September 21, 2024 No Comments

“A significant proportion (approximately 25%) of infants with mild neonatal encephalopathy have mild to moderate disability at 2 years. By 5 years, 35% are having difficulties in one or more…

State-of-the-Art: Early Diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy in Infants Born Very Pre-term

Greg Vigna September 18, 2024 No Comments

“We demonstrated consistent associations between early cerebral palsy diagnosis and the fiber density (FD), fiber-bundle cross-section (FC), and fiber density and cross-section (FDC) for each of the nine examined tracts,”…

Time for ‘Universal Cord Blood Gas Screening’ for Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy

Greg Vigna September 13, 2024 No Comments

“Universal cord blood gas screening with a pH threshold ≤7.10 and mandatory encephalopathy exam results in greater detection of infants with moderate/severe encephalopathy and timely initiation of therapeutic hypothermia,” states…

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