Retrospective analysis of the e ...
Background and purpose Based on the time until treatment failure, we retrospectively analyzed 389 children to compare the long-term effectiveness of ...
Polycomb genes expression as a ...
Introduction Medulloblastoma is the most frequent type of embryonal tumor in the pediatric population, accounting for 20–25% of all brain tumors in ...
Developmental anomalies of the ...
Introduction The maldevelopment of the midline structures is connected with neurologic disorders. The cavum septum pellucidum (CSP) exists in the fe ...
Posterior cranial vault distrac ...
Purpose To study distraction osteogenesis of the posterior cranial vault in children requiring increased intracranial volume. Materials and methods ...
Intracranial tumors in infants: ...
hitherto been very poor. The purpose of the study was to collect and analyze information regarding the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and managem ...
Orbitozygomatic resection for h ...
Purpose This study aims to examine the outcomes of ten patients after orbitozygomatic (OZ) pterional surgery in cases of refractory epilepsy caused ...
Risk of primary childhood brain ...
Objective Environmental factors present around the time of birth may induce the development of childhood cancer. Some studies suggested an excess of ...
Neurofibromatosis-2 and spinal ...
Object The incidence of ependymoma in patients with neurofibromatosis-2 (NF-2) is low and information regarding treatment and prognosis is lacking. ...
Pascual-Castroviejo type II syn ...
Introduction Cutaneous hemangioma and vascular malformation are two vascular abnormalities frequently associated with absence or hypoplasia of one o ...
Carboplatin and ototoxicity: he ...
Purpose Patients with medulloblastoma are exposed to ototoxic treatments including radiation therapy and platinum chemotherapy. The favorable toxici ...
Choroid plexus tumors in childr ...
Background Choroid plexus tumors (CPT) are rare pediatric tumors. A population-based study on choroid plexus carcinoma (CPC) and choroid plexus papi ...
Placement of Ommaya reservoir f ...
Purpose Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) has become standard for obstructive hydrocephalus. Even a successful ETV can obstruct, leading to rec ...
ASPM gene expression in medullo ...
Purpose Medulloblastomas are the most common malignant tumors of the central nervous system in childhood. The incidence is about 19–20% between chil ...
Spinal dermal sinus and pseudo- ...
Background Occult spinal dysraphism (OSD) encompasses various conditions. A dermal sinus tract (DST) consists of a duct communicating to the skin wi ...
Observed magnetic resonance ima ...
Purpose This study seeks to characterize magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) changes following stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) of pediatric brain malig ...
Galectin-3 expression: a useful ...
Objective Galectin-3 (Gal-3) is a glycan-binding protein highly expressed in several tumors, including brain neoplasms. This protein has been demons ...
Diffuse postoperative cerebella ...
Background We report two cases of diffuse cerebellar swelling with upward transtentorial herniation following medulloblastoma resection. We present ...
Increased expression of L-amino ...
Objects Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a dysgenetic syndrome involved in multiple organs, and the pathognomonic cortical tuber act as an epilep ...
Detection of RASA1 mutations in ...
Objective The aim of this study was to identify RASA1 mutation in Chinese population with sporadic Sturge– Weber syndrome (SWS). Methods Genomic DN ...
Cognitive and social functionin ...
Purpose The aim of this study is to assess cognitive, emotional and social functioning in children and adolescents after the removal of craniopharyn ...
Common genetic polymorphisms in ...
Purpose Moyamoya is the most common cerebrovascular disease in children in Japan. The disease's etiology is still widely unknown. Several publicatio ...
Pediatric multilevel spine inju ...
Object Spinal column trauma is relatively uncommon in the pediatric population, representing 1–2% of all pediatric fractures. However, pediatric spi ...
One-stage posterior focus debri ...
Purpose To determine the efficacy and feasibility of surgical management of cervicothoracic tuberculosis accompanied by kyphosis in children by usin ...
Very long-term follow-up of cog ...
Purpose The aim was to investigate the very long-term cognitive outcome in adults who had been shunt treated for hydrocephalus during their first ye ...
The diagnosis and treatment of ...
Background Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma develops in a small proportion of tuberous sclerosis patients. There are still several controversies ...