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T B Rasmussen

Publications and source records attributed to T B Rasmussen.

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PubMed1984

Closed treatment of Achilles tendon rupture.

In order to minimize rerupture after closed treatment of Achilles tendon rupture, the period of immobilization was prolonged from 8 to 12 weeks and an above-knee plaster cast was used the first 3 weeks. In 37 consecutive patients, followed for an average of 3 years, rerupture had occurred in two patients. It is concluded that modified closed treatment is a good alternative to surgical treatment.

Achilles Tendon↗
PubMed1983

Surgical treatment of complex partial seizures: results, lessons, and problems.

The underlying seizure tendency of complex partial seizures often involves the temporal region of the brain, but the frontal lobe can also produce similar complex partial seizures. By the end of 1980, 1,210 patients with medically refractory temporal lobe epilepsy had been operated on at the Montreal Neurological Institute. Nontumoral epileptogenic lesions were present in 1,034 patients, 169 had tumors, and 7 had major vascular malformations. Thirty-seven percent of the 894 evaluable patients with nontumoral epileptogenic lesions have become and remained seizure-free. Two hundred thirty-six (26%) patients had a marked reduction of seizure tendency. Within the seizure-free group, 63% had a complete or nearly complete reduction of their medically refractory tendency following temporal lobectomy. Of the patients with temporal lobe epilepsy due to tumoral lesions, 46% of the evaluable patients have become and remained seizure-free, and 76% have had a complete or nearly complete reduction of seizure tendency.

Brain↗
PubMed1980

Fetomaternal bleeding during attempts at external version.

The frequency and size of fetomaternal bleeds during the first attempt at external version of the fetus in breech presentation in 50 pregnant women were investigated. Fetomaternal bleeds of 0.1 to 1.5 ml were detected in 14 women (28 per cent). It is concluded that rhesus negative women should be given anti-D before attempts at external version are made.

Delivery, Obstetric↗
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Seizures with onset in the sensorimotor face area: clinical patterns and results of surgical treatment in 20 patients.

It is not generally appreciated that intractable seizures involving the face area are amenable to surgical treatment. Twenty patients with onset of sensorimotor seizures in the face area of the pre- and postcentral gyri have been studied and surgically treated since 1948. Seizures started in the face, tongue, or throat, followed by diverse patterns depending on spread of seizure activity. Two patients had epilepsia partialis continua; 6 had either tonic or atonic drop attacks. All patients had pre- and postcentral face area resections, 12 in the dominant hemisphere. In addition, 3 had more extensive postcentral removal, 7 had temporal lobe, and 4 had small separate or contiguous frontal or parietal resection. Because the seizures were not sufficiently reduced by the first operation, 6 required reoperation; 4 of these patients had residual epileptiform activity on electrocorticogram (ECoG) after the first resection. Three patients had new neurologic signs that did not return to the preoperative level, but in 2 of them the deficit related mainly to higher resection in the central area. All but 2 of these 20 patients had at least moderate seizure reduction. Corticectomy can be performed for treatment of seizures arising in the lower central area and usually does not lead to significant permanent neurologic deficit.

Adolescent↗