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 ...
Challenging reconstructive tech ...
Objective We assessed the outcomes of various reconstructive methods for skull base defect after endoscopic endonasal approaches (EEA) depending on ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Foramen ovale cannulation guide ...
Background Radiofrequency rhizotomy of the Gasserian ganglion for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia via percutaneous cannulation of the foramen ...
Microsurgical treatment of temp ...
Background Cavernomas of the temporal lobe occur in 10– 20% of patients with cerebral cavernomas. They frequently cause epileptic seizures, some of ...
Hyperostosing meningiomas of th ...
Objective This study represents the first clinical series in the reported literature exclusively concentrating on the clinicoradiological features o ...
Surgical treatment of orbital c ...
Purpose The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of surgical treatment of orbital cavernomas in terms of clinical and functional r ...
Low-grade CSF leaks in endoscop ...
Background Intra-operative CSF leak during endoscopic trans-sphenoidal surgery is not uncommon. Surgical repair with a variety of autologous grafts, ...
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 ...
Computed tomography-guided gamm ...
Background Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery (GKSR) is an effective minimally invasive option for the treatment of medically refractory trigemin ...
The place for surgical treatmen ...
Objective The objective of this study was to analyze preoperative symptoms and late clinical outcomes in patients who underwent surgical treatment o ...
An evaluation of the Danish nat ...
Purpose Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) is a rare hereditary and potentially fatal cancer syndrome. Because of its unpredictable manifestations in various o ...
Advanced craniofacial juvenile ...
Background Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is a rare benign tumor occurring almost exclusively in adolescent and young adult males. The t ...
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 ...
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 ...
Microsurgical fenestration of p ...
Background Surgery for symptomatic sacral perineural cysts remains an issue of discussion. Assuming microcommunications between the cyst and thecal ...
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 ...
Conservative management of endo ...
In endolymphatic sac tumors associated with von Hippel–Lindau disease, early detection and surgery have been warranted to avoid associated neurologi ...
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 ...
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 ...
Surgical treatment of pediatric ...
Purpose To study the clinical features and outcomes of pediatric primary hemifacial spasm patients who underwent microvascular decompression procedu ...
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 ...
Endovascular coil embolization ...
Background Because of their fragile and thin wall, ruptured blood blister-like aneurysms (BBAs) at the anterior wall of the internal carotid artery ...