We describe the clinical features, natural history, and neuropathology of 32 patients presenting
with “burning feet”, for whom no specific cause was identified. All had neuropathic pain in …

Article abstract-Despite prominent symptoms of neuropathic pain, patients with small-fiber
sensory neuropathies have few objective abnormalities on clinical examination and routine …

Intraoperative electromyography (EMG) provides useful diagnostic and prognostic
information during spine and peripheral nerve surgeries. The basic techniques include free-running …

Intraoperative electromyography can provide useful information regarding lumbosacral
nerve root function during thoracolumbar spinal surgery. Free-running electromyography …

Study Design. A comparison of the electrical thresholds required to evoke myogenic responses
from direct stimulation of normal and chronically compressed nerve roots. Objective. To …

Forty-five patients underwent surgery for anterior circulation aneurysms using intraoperative
neurophysiologic monitoring at the Johns Hopkins Hospital during 1996. There were seven …

Study Design. The results of intraoperative monitoring during a case of nerve root injury
sustained from scoliosis surgery to the thoracolumbar spine are described. Objectives. To …

Background Major trauma to the spinal cord or upper extremity often results in severe sensory
and motor disturbances from injuries to the brachial plexus and its insertion into the spinal …

Background Acquired copper deficiency in adults leads to hematological and neurological
manifestations that mimic vitamin B12 deficiency. A significant number of patients with copper …

Background Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a brief episode of neurological dysfunction
resulting from cerebral ischemia not associated with permanent cerebral infarction. TIA is …