Secretory meningiomas: systemat ...
Background Secretory meningiomas are known as a rare histological subtype within the meningioma family. In contrast to benign intracranial meningiom ...
Pulsed radiofrequency treatment ...
Background The objective of this review is to evaluate the efficacy of Pulsed Radiofrequency (PRF) treatment in chronic pain management in randomize ...
Bilateral open-door expansive l ...
Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate bilateral open-door cervical laminoplasty for management of cervical canal stenosis secondary t ...
Quantitative parameters of faci ...
Background Facial motor evoked potential (FMEP) amplitude ratio reduction at the end of the surgery has been identified as a good predictor for post ...
3D-FIESTA MR images are useful ...
The endoscopic expanded endonasal approach (EEA) has been reported in literature as a useful tool to treat sellar, parasellar, suprasellar, and cliv ...
Analysis of hemorrhagic risk fa ...
Background The most serious complication of deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery is intracranial hemorrhage. The authors have assessed risk factors ...
Two-year survival of low-grade ...
Background Swedish health care legislation requires equal, high-quality health care for all inhabitants, while regional differences of medical avail ...
Intraventricular craniopharyngi ...
Purpose There is still some confusion with regard to the tumor–third ventricle floor (3rd VF) relationship of craniopharyngiomas located exclusively ...
Systems for long-segment percut ...
Summary of background data New methods of spinal percutaneous fixation are developing very rapidly. However, few studies to date have focused on lon ...
Cranial nerve monitoring during ...
Objective Cranial nerves (CNs) crossing between the brainstem and skull base at the level of the tentorial hiatus may be at risk in temporomesial su ...
Benefit of 1.5-T intraoperative ...
Background As low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has very limited significance for intraoperative control of total tumor removal (TTR), we e ...
A role of diffusion tensor imag ...
Introduction Deep brain stimulation (DBS) can alleviate tremor of various origins. A number of regions are targeted. In recent work our group was ab ...
The common consensus criteria h ...
Objective The aim of this work was to retrospectively study the long-term reliability of the common consensus endocrinological criteria for the asse ...
Apical temporal lobe resection; ...
Background It is the aim of epilepsy surgery in patients with lesional epilepsy for the surgeon to not only remove the lesion itself, but also the e ...
Evidence for the genesis of WHO ...
As the natural course of WHO grade II glioma (G2G) during their initial silent period is unknown, the G2G genesis and their “date of birth” are a ma ...
Feasibility of intraoperative m ...
Objective To establish the validity and utility of motorevoked potential (MEPs) monitoring for skull base tumor resection, we explored the relations ...
Results of endoscopic transsphe ...
ObjectiveTranssphenoidal pituitary surgery (TS) is the primary treatment of choice for patients with acromegaly. Macroadenomas (>1 cm) are more diff ...
Reoperation after selective amy ...
Background Selective amygdalohippocampectomy (SAHE) yields 60–80% of patients with medically refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy seizure-free a ...
Pre-existing chiasma syndromes ...
Background It is not known whether following transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas the vision of patients with preoperative chiasma syndrom ...
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 ...
Transsphenoidal pseudocapsule-b ...
Background In the past several years, increasing attention has been paid to the utility of a pseudocapsule in transphenoidal surgery for pituitary a ...
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 ...
Axonal regeneration effects of ...
Background Axonal regeneration is a prerequisite for recovery from spinal cord injury. Here, we investigated whether Wnt3a-secreting fibroblasts exe ...
Development of intratumoral cys ...
Purpose Intracranial schwannomas presenting with cyst formation following gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) were investigated to clarify their clinico ...
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 ...