Surgical treatment of rare caud ...
Background Cauda equina tumours (CET) are rare and usually benign. Treatment of schwannomas and benign ependymomas, which are the most frequent hist ...
Endoscopic third ventriculostom ...
Background To review the outcome after endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) for symptomatic, persistent hydrocephalus in three patients with perim ...
Surgical treatment of patients ...
Background There are limited data on the long-term outcome and on factors influencing the prognosis in patients with cerebellar infarcts treated wit ...
The fully endoscopic supraorbit ...
Background The purely endoscopic eyebrow supraorbital approach is an alternative to both the endoscopic endonasal and eyebrow microsurgical routes t ...
The influence of benzamil hydro ...
Objective The present study was undertaken to reveal the influence of intracerebroventricular (ICV) benzamil on the dynamics of brain water accumula ...
Evaluation of efficacy and bioc ...
Background Semisynthetic collagen matrices are promising duraplasty grafts with low risk of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistulas, good tissue integrat ...
Use of Piezosurgery for interna ...
Background Piezosurgery is based on microvibrations generated by the piezoelectrical effect and has a selective bone-cutting ability with preservati ...
Routine aspiration method durin ...
Background A routine aspiration method in filter-protected carotid artery stenting (CAS) has been reported recently in which the proximal internal c ...
Pituitary surgery: legacies fro ...
Pituitary surgery is a recent development in neurosurgery and most of the surgical techniques concerned have been described within the last century. ...
Dexamethasone inhibits ICAM-1 a ...
Background The molecular mechanism of hemorrhagic stroke is unclear, and the identification of therapeutic agents for attenuating post-stroke brain ...
Sacrococcygeal teratoma in infa ...
Background The purpose of this study is to share our experience with extensive sacrococcygeal teratoma, paying particular attention to neurological ...
Discrepancies between the MRI- ...
Background The aim of our study was to evaluate discrepancies between the electrophysiologically and MRIdefined subthalamic nucleus (STN) in order t ...
Tumoral presentation of primary ...
Purpose Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LYG) is an angiocentric Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) related B-cell proliferation associated with a reactive T-cell ...
Primary lymphoma of the cranial ...
Background Bone involvement is a common finding in many types of lymphoma. Cranial vault involvement is extremely rare, and the majority of patients ...
Role of computerized tomographi ...
Background We prospectively evaluate the role of computerized tomographic cisternography (CTC) in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). ...
Craniotomy repair with the retr ...
Introduction Various cranial repairs have been described to limit the incidence of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, the rate of infections, postopera ...
Thoracolumbar extradural arachn ...
Background To investigate characteristic clinical and radiological features of extradural arachnoid cysts (EDACs) in the thoracolumbar region, a ret ...
Rare presentation of juvenile x ...
Isolated spinal involvement of juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is extremely rare. There are only seven prior published cases of spinal JXG, of which ...
Frame stability and anatomical ...
Objectives The aim of the study was to analyze whether the fixation of the stereotactic frame is stable and whether the location of the treated targ ...
Predictive role of modified cli ...
Background Atherothrombotic ischemia is the most frequent cause of cerebral ischemia; however, few reports have addressed the prognostic factors pre ...
Endovascular treatment for aneu ...
Background and purpose To discuss and summarize the strategies and complications of endovascular embolization for aneurysms of the posterior cerebra ...
Endovascular treatment for aneu ...
Background and purpose To discuss and summarize the strategies and complications of endovascular embolization for aneurysms of the posterior cerebra ...
Transcrusal approach to the ret ...
Background The retrochiasmatic region is one of the most challenging areas to surgically expose. The authors evaluated the transcrusal approach, whi ...
Cerebral glucose metabolism aft ...
Background Following traumatic brain injury (TBI), a disturbed cerebral glucose metabolism contributes to secondary brain damage. To study local cer ...
Reduction in external ventricul ...
Introduction Many strategies have been developed with the aim of reducing external ventricular drain-related infections. Antibiotic-impregnated cath ...