FLAVIO AUGUSTO SEKEFF SALLEM
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Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
LIM/45 - Laboratório de Fisiopatologia Neurocirúrgica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/45 - Laboratório de Fisiopatologia Neurocirúrgica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Long-term outcome of atlas-based lesion of posterior zona incerta in secondary hemidystonia(2011) FONOFF, Erich Talamoni; MAGALHAES, Francisco Neuton de Oliveira; OLIVEIRA, Ywzhe Sifuentes Almeida de; SALLEM, Flavio Augusto Sekeff; TEIXEIRA, Manoel Jacobsen
article 36 Citação(ões) na Scopus Physical therapy program for cervical dystonia: a study of 20 cases(2012) RIBEIRO QUEIROZ, Mariana Araujo; CHIEN, Hsin Fen; SEKEFF-SALLEM, Flavio Augusto; BARBOSA, Egberto ReisBotulinum toxin (BTX) is the best therapeutic option in patients with cervical dystonia (CD), but physical therapy (PT) can be added to the treatment to achieve better results. Forty of our 70 patients with CD were enrolled in a controlled open study. Subjects were divided into two groups: G1 (intervention group comprising patients receiving BTX and PT) and G2 (control group comprising patients receiving BTX only). Both groups were assessed using the Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale (TWSTRS) and the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). On the TWSTRS, significant improvements in disease severity were seen in G1 and G2 but significant improvements on the pain and disability subscales were seen only in G1 patients. There was a significant difference only on the pain subscale between G2 and G1 following treatment. An analysis of the physical aspects of SF-36 showed significant improvement in G1 on three subscales. An intergroup difference was also seen on two subscales. Regarding emotional aspects, G1 showed a significant improvement on three subscales. A significant difference on two subscales was also seen between G2 and G1 following treatment. BTX plus PT treatment achieved symptom relief in patients with CD and improved their quality of life.- Neurological status predicts response to alpha-blockers in men with voiding dysfunction and Parkinson's disease(2014) GOMES, Cristiano M.; SAMMOUR, Zein M.; BESSA JUNIOR, Jose de; BARBOSA, Egberto R.; LOPES, Roberto I.; SALLEM, Flavio S.; TRIGO-ROCHA, Flavio E.; BRUSCHINI, Homero; NITTI, Victor W.; SROUGI, MiguelOBJECTIVES: To evaluate predictors of the response to doxazosin, a selective alpha-adrenoceptor antagonist, when used for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in men with Parkinson's disease. METHODS: In a prospective study, 33 consecutive men (mean age 59.2 +/- 7.0 years) with Parkinson's disease and lower urinary tract symptoms were evaluated. Neurological dysfunction was assessed with the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale. Urological assessment was performed at baseline and after 12 weeks of treatment with 4 mg/day of extended-release doxazosin, including symptom evaluation with the International Continence Society male short-form questionnaire, an assessment of the impact of lower urinary tract symptoms on quality of life and urodynamics. Clinical and urodynamic predictors of response were specifically evaluated. RESULTS: Compared with the score at baseline, the total International Continence Society male short-form score was reduced after doxazosin administration, from 17.4 +/- 7.5 to 11.1 +/- 6.9 (p<0.001). The impact of lower urinary tract symptoms on quality of life was also significantly reduced, from 1.8 +/- 1.1 to 1.0 +/- 1.0 (p<0.001) and the maximum urinary flow varied from 9.3 +/- 4.4 to 11.2 +/- 4.6 ml/s (p = 0.025). The severity of neurological impairment was the only predictor of the clinical response. Additionally, patients with a Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale score lower than 70 had a significantly higher chance of clinical improvement with doxazosin treatment than those with higher Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale scores did (RR = 3.10, 95% CI = [1.15 to 5.37], p = 0.011). CONCLUSIONS: Doxazosin resulted in the improvement of lower urinary tract symptoms and the maximum flow rate and was well tolerated in men with Parkinson's disease. The response to treatment is dependent on the severity of neurological disability.
- Cervical and axial dystonia in a patient with syringomyelia(2012) SILVA-JUNIOR, Francisco Pereira da; SANTOS, Jasper Guimaraes; SEKEFF-SALLEM, Flavio Augusto; LUCATO, Leandro Tavares; BARBOSA, Egberto Reis
article 3 Citação(ões) na Scopus Cross-cultural adaptation of the Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale (TWSTRS) to Brazilian Portuguese(2011) SEKEFF-SALLEM, Flavio Augusto; CARAMELLI, Paulo; BARBOSA, Egberto ReisCervical dystonia (CD) is a prevalent and incapacitating movement disorder which needs a thorough clinical evaluation of every patient to better tailor treatment strategies. In Brazil, there are no validated CD scales that measure the burden of dystonia. The aim of our study was to translate and adapt the Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale (TWSTRS) to Brazilian Portuguese. After translation and back-translation according to international methods, a pre-test was carried out with 30 patients. Patients under 8 years of formal schooling had severe difficulty in understanding the whole scale. The scale went through a remodeling process, without loss of its conceptual and semantic properties. The new scale was tested in 15 patients, with good understanding scores. We are now in the process of validation of the adapted scale.