The relationship between basal ...
Purpose Although intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is a cornerstone of care for severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), the indications for ICP mo ...
Frameless stereotactic endoscop ...
indicated in a small subgroup of patients with medically intractable seizures. There are several conventional techniques for implantation of hippoca ...
MRI internal segmentation of op ...
Purpose Optic pathway gliomas (OPGs) are diagnosed based on typical MR features and require careful monitoring with serial MRI. Reliable, serial rad ...
Pediatric tumors of the central ...
Objective The objective of this study is to describe the age, sex, location, and histopathology of pediatric tumors of the central nervous system di ...
Incidence of mutism, dysarthria ...
Purpose Dysarthria and dysphagia are known complications following posterior fossa tumour (PFT) surgery. Outcome studies for these disorders, howeve ...
Diencephalic tumors in children ...
Purpose The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical behavior, treatment modalities, and outcome of different histopathological subgroups ...
Assessment of endoscopic treatm ...
Background Endoscopic cystocisternotomy is one of three surgical methods used to treat middle cranial fossa arachnoid cysts. There is debate about w ...
PCDH10 is a candidate tumour su ...
Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms contributing to PCDH10 down-regulation in medulloblastoma. We ...
Clinico-radiological outcomes f ...
Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate clinicoradiological outcomes following gamma knife radiosurgery (GKS) for pediatric arteriovenous malf ...
Single burr hole endoscopic bio ...
Objective In cases of non-communicating hydrocephalus, a combined endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) and tumor biopsy might be necessary. We sug ...
Intracranial aneurysms in adole ...
Purpose Intracranial aneurysms are extremely uncommon in adolescents. This study was undertaken to assess the clinical and radiological characterist ...
Does drainage hole size influen ...
Purpose Ventricular catheter drainage holes of shunt systems used to treat hydrocephalus obstruct with tissue commonly comprising monocytes/macropha ...
Acute deterioration of a Chiari ...
Objectives Report and discuss acute neurological deterioration of Chiari I malformation (CMI), surgical treatment and timing, clinical outcome and l ...
Neurosurgical treatment of tube ...
Background Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominantly inherited syndrome. Renal disease is the main cause of death. Brain disorders ...
Spinal cord tumors in children ...
Background Tumors of the spinal cord are exceedingly rare in infancy and only a paucity of literature exists describing the spectrum of this disease ...
The management of subependymal ...
Background Tuberous sclerosis (TSC) is a genetic multisystem disorder associated with hamartomas in several organs including subependymal giant cell ...
Fetal myelomeningocele surgery: ...
Objective To study preschool functional status in children following fetal myelomeningocele (fMMC) surgery. Material and methods Prior to the NICHD- ...
Fiber tractography assessment i ...
Introduction Subcortical band heterotopia (SBH) or double cortex syndrome is a malformation of cortical development that may be related to intractab ...
Maternal periconceptional facto ...
Purpose Neural tube defects, including spina bifida and anencephaly, are the second most common birth defects with an incidence in Italy of 0.4–1/1, ...
Initial experience with combine ...
Purpose Post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity (PHHP) is among the most common causes of infant hydrocephalus in developed nations. This popu ...
Diagnostic and management of pe ...
stem abscess with a literature review. Methods A 2.5-year-old girl first displayed bacterial otitis 3 months before admission. Diagnosis of brain st ...
Morbidity and tumor-related mor ...
Introduction The health status of adult survivors of pediatric brain tumors is poorly documented. Documenting their health risks regarding tumor rec ...
DTI assessment of the brainstem ...
Purpose To assess changes in apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and fractional anisotropy (FA) values in brainstem gliomas (BSG) in children and t ...
Idiopathic intervertebral disk ...
Purpose Pediatric idiopathic intervertebral disk calcification (PIIVDC) is an uncommon entity affecting the intervertebral disks and adjacent verteb ...
Large primary intraorbital hyda ...
The authors report a rare case of a large primary intraorbital hydatid cyst diagnosed in 3-year-old children who had presented with unilateral progr ...