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S J Jongen

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PubMed1988

Results of primary repair of ulnar and median nerve injuries at the wrist: an evaluation of sensibility and motor recovery.

Sensibility and motor recovery after primary repair of ulnar and median nerve injuries at the wrist were evaluated in 21 patients (22 injuries). The outcome was graded according to the MRC system and correlated with the clinical results. Follow-up after an average of two years showed good clinical results in 10 cases, fair results in 9 and bad results in 3 cases. Primary neurorrhaphy can be considered as the treatment of choice for serious ulnar and median nerve injuries of the wrist in accordance with previous studies.

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MR of the spinal cord in multiple sclerosis: relation to clinical subtype and disability.

PURPOSE: To determine whether the MR appearance of the spinal cord in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) differs according to clinical subtype. METHODS: The spinal cords of 20 healthy control subjects and 60 patients with MS (22 with relapsing-remitting disease, 22 with secondary-progressive disease, and 16 with primary-progressive disease) were examined with sagittal dual-echo spin-echo MR imaging and with axial T2*-weighted gradient-echo MR imaging. Two interpreters scored the images for focal lesions and for diffuse abnormalities. Cross-sectional areas of the cords were measured at the C-2 level. RESULTS: No abnormalities were found in any of the control subjects nor in two of the patients. Fifty (83%) of 60 patients had focal lesions. Diffuse abnormality and focal lesions were found in 50% of patients with secondary-progressive MS, in 25% of patients with primary-progressive disease, and in 18% of patients with relapsing-remitting disease. Diffuse abnormality without focal lesions was found in seven patients with primary-progressive MS and in one patient with secondary-progressive MS. Patients with diffuse abnormalities had a smaller cross-sectional area of the spinal cord and they suffered from more disability than did patients without diffuse abnormalities. CONCLUSION: The MR appearance of the spinal cord differs among clinical subgroups of MS. Diffuse abnormality of the spinal cord is associated with a progressive clinical course and greater disability.

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