Neurosurgery and pregnancy
Sacrococcygeal teratoma in infa ...
Background The purpose of this study is to share our experience with extensive sacrococcygeal teratoma, paying particular attention to neurological ...
Dexamethasone inhibits ICAM-1 a ...
Background The molecular mechanism of hemorrhagic stroke is unclear, and the identification of therapeutic agents for attenuating post-stroke brain ...
Pituitary surgery: legacies fro ...
Pituitary surgery is a recent development in neurosurgery and most of the surgical techniques concerned have been described within the last century. ...
Routine aspiration method durin ...
Background A routine aspiration method in filter-protected carotid artery stenting (CAS) has been reported recently in which the proximal internal c ...
Use of Piezosurgery for interna ...
Background Piezosurgery is based on microvibrations generated by the piezoelectrical effect and has a selective bone-cutting ability with preservati ...
Evaluation of efficacy and bioc ...
Background Semisynthetic collagen matrices are promising duraplasty grafts with low risk of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistulas, good tissue integrat ...
The influence of benzamil hydro ...
Objective The present study was undertaken to reveal the influence of intracerebroventricular (ICV) benzamil on the dynamics of brain water accumula ...
The fully endoscopic supraorbit ...
Background The purely endoscopic eyebrow supraorbital approach is an alternative to both the endoscopic endonasal and eyebrow microsurgical routes t ...
Surgical treatment of patients ...
Background There are limited data on the long-term outcome and on factors influencing the prognosis in patients with cerebellar infarcts treated wit ...
Endoscopic third ventriculostom ...
Background To review the outcome after endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) for symptomatic, persistent hydrocephalus in three patients with perim ...
Surgical treatment of rare caud ...
Background Cauda equina tumours (CET) are rare and usually benign. Treatment of schwannomas and benign ependymomas, which are the most frequent hist ...
Influence of gravity for optima ...
Background Brain edema is amajor neurological complication of traumatic brain injury (TBI), commonly including a pathologically increased intracrani ...
Neurosurgery and pregnancy
Background Pregnant women with pathological conditions requiring a neurosurgical intervention pose a unique therapeutic challenge. Changes in normal ...
Intraoperative monitoring of th ...
Background Central skull base meningiomas commonly present with visual deficit, and their removal often leads to improvement of visual function. How ...
Magnesium lithospermate B allev ...
Objective Magnesium lithospermate B (MLB), a working extract from Salvia miltiorrhiza, was effective against coronary artery disease, ischemic strok ...
Anterior interosseous nerve com ...
Background Anterior interosseous nerve syndrome is characterized by paralysis of the flexor digitorum profundus, the flexor pollicis longus and the ...
Reinforcement of pericranium as ...
Background For dural plasty, several kinds of substitute materials are used clinically. Among these materials, pericranium is often used as a dural ...
Motor-evoked potentials (MEP) d ...
Background Brainstem surgery bears a risk of damage to the corticospinal tract (CST). Motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) are used intraoperatively to mo ...
The intracranial volume pressur ...
Background The intracranial pressure (ICP) is usually continuously monitored in the management of patients with increased ICP. The aim of this study ...
Juvenile psammomatoid ossifying ...
Juvenile psammomatoid ossifying fibroma (JPOF) is an uncommon benign fibro-osseous lesion predominantly arising in the paranasal sinuses and orbits ...
Immediate diagnosis of ventricu ...
Background Generally accepted reference values in CSF diagnostics are not valid in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) containing large amounts of blood. Resi ...
Middle turbinate vascularized f ...
Introduction The expanded endonasal approaches to the skull base are modular approaches that arise from the sphenoidal sinus. The reconstructive tec ...
Endovascular treatment of basil ...
Background There has been little reported on the endovascular experience of basilar artery (BA) trunk aneurysms due to its low incidence. The purpos ...
Triceps Brachii Reinnervation i ...
Background Elbow flexion and shoulder abduction are the primary goals in brachial plexus surgery; however, reinnervation of the triceps is also an o ...
Resection frequency map after a ...
Background The resection of eloquent areas is challenging due to postoperative neurological deficits. The purpose of this study was to assess the ef ...