Lumbosacral intrathecal nerve r ...
complex because of the density of nerve roots in the cauda equina. Space-occupying lesions, including disc herniation, trauma and tumor, within the ...
Surgical treatment of pediatric ...
Purpose To study the clinical features and outcomes of pediatric primary hemifacial spasm patients who underwent microvascular decompression procedu ...
Evaluation of early visual reco ...
Background Visual field analyses reflect the degree of the compression to the optic nerve that results the structural damage of the nerve. These str ...
The treatment outcome depending ...
Purpose The authors tried to assess the treatment outcomes depending on the extent of resection in axial chordomas and compare the outcome of two ad ...
Early and long-term outcome of ...
Background Internal carotid artery (ICA) is predominant localization of giant intracranial aneurysms (GIAs). The rupture of GIA is supposed to be re ...
Microsurgical fenestration of p ...
Background Surgery for symptomatic sacral perineural cysts remains an issue of discussion. Assuming microcommunications between the cyst and thecal ...
The patterns and risk factors o ...
Objective The aim of this study was to reveal the risk factors including intraoperative brain stem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) changes and to d ...
Pulsed laser-induced liquid jet ...
Background The transsphenoidal approach has recently been used to treat complex lesions beyond the sella turcica, but the difficulties of dealing wi ...
Advanced craniofacial juvenile ...
Background Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is a rare benign tumor occurring almost exclusively in adolescent and young adult males. The t ...
Computed tomography-guided gamm ...
Background Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery (GKSR) is an effective minimally invasive option for the treatment of medically refractory trigemin ...
Accuracy of freehand fluoroscop ...
Background The C1 lateral mass and C2 isthmic stabilization, as introduced by Goel and Laheri and by Harms and Melcher, is a well-known fixation tec ...
Foramen ovale cannulation guide ...
Background Radiofrequency rhizotomy of the Gasserian ganglion for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia via percutaneous cannulation of the foramen ...
Long-term clinical and radiolog ...
Purpose Although posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) using stand-alone cages was a popular arthrodesis method, the effectiveness of using such ...
Cytoreductive surgery of gliobl ...
Background This article discusses data from 3 randomized phase 3 trials, supporting a role for surgery in glioblastoma. Methods Data were reviewed b ...
Cryoneurolysis for zygapophysea ...
Purpose Lumbar facet joint syndrome (LFJS) is the cause of pain in 15-54% of the patients with low-back pain. There are few studies of cryotherapy f ...
Challenging reconstructive tech ...
Objective We assessed the outcomes of various reconstructive methods for skull base defect after endoscopic endonasal approaches (EEA) depending on ...
Cerebral cavernous malformation ...
Background Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) are known to be highly epileptogenic lesions. A number of studies on CCM surgery deal with CCM-ass ...
Combined simultaneous transcran ...
Background While large-to-giant pituitary adenomas (PAs) may be safely removed by experienced surgeons through a single route, the procedure is tech ...
Development of intratumoral cys ...
Purpose Intracranial schwannomas presenting with cyst formation following gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) were investigated to clarify their clinico ...
Axonal regeneration effects of ...
Background Axonal regeneration is a prerequisite for recovery from spinal cord injury. Here, we investigated whether Wnt3a-secreting fibroblasts exe ...
Changes in the range of motion ...
Background Few clinical studies have described the changes in the range of motion (ROM) of the cervical spine and adjacent segments following centra ...
Typical 3-D localization of tum ...
Background Complete resection of grade II gliomas might prolong survival but is not always possible. The goal of the study was to evaluate the locat ...
Pre-existing chiasma syndromes ...
Background It is not known whether following transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas the vision of patients with preoperative chiasma syndrom ...
Reoperation after selective amy ...
Background Selective amygdalohippocampectomy (SAHE) yields 60–80% of patients with medically refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy seizure-free a ...
Results of endoscopic transsphe ...
ObjectiveTranssphenoidal pituitary surgery (TS) is the primary treatment of choice for patients with acromegaly. Macroadenomas (>1 cm) are more diff ...