Primary and metastatic intraaxi ...
Background This study aims to assess the diagnostic value of multivoxel 2D chemical-shift imaging (CSI) proton magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy ...
Posttraumatic neuropathy of the ...
The palmar cutaneous branch of the median nerve is highly exposed to trauma at the wrist; nevertheless, very few cases have been reported. We report ...
Traumatic brain injuries in ill ...
Background The goal of the present study was to analyze the epidemiology and specific risk factors of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the Asterix il ...
Working towards patient oriente ...
Objective To date, there is no standard outcome assessment scale for shunt treatment in normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). In designing such scale ...
Radiotherapy-induced supratento ...
We report a case of a 17-year-old female who presented with a CNS primitive neuroectodermal tumour 12 years after cranial radiotherapy for relapsed ...
General anaesthesia for deep br ...
Background This paper compares the use of general and local anaesthetic in patients having deep brain stimulator (DBS) surgery. It is a retrospectiv ...
Evaluation of efficacy and safe ...
Purpose Opioids are used in controlling several types of pain. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the fentanyl transderm ...
Easy slip-knot: a new simple ty ...
Background Knot-tying in the deep operative field is very complicated because of the narrow working space during endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery. ...
Microsurgical anatomy of Lilieq ...
Object Liliequist’s membrane (LM) is an important arachnoid structure in the basal cisterns. The relevant anatomic descriptions of this membrane and ...
Osmotic diuresis paradoxically ...
Objective The purpose of this study was to assess for perioperative factors associated with brain shift following craniotomy for subdural grid elect ...
Deep brain stimulation therapy ...
Tourette’s syndrome is a chronic neurobehavioral disorder that can demonstrate refractoriness to conservative treatments, or to invasive nonsurgical ...
Reduction in external ventricul ...
Introduction Many strategies have been developed with the aim of reducing external ventricular drain-related infections. Antibiotic-impregnated cath ...
Cerebral glucose metabolism aft ...
Background Following traumatic brain injury (TBI), a disturbed cerebral glucose metabolism contributes to secondary brain damage. To study local cer ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Thoracolumbar extradural arachn ...
Background To investigate characteristic clinical and radiological features of extradural arachnoid cysts (EDACs) in the thoracolumbar region, a ret ...
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 ...
Role of computerized tomographi ...
Background We prospectively evaluate the role of computerized tomographic cisternography (CTC) in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...