Use of sodium fluorescein in skull base tumors
Date of publication: 30-Oct-2010
Objective:The authors present this study using sodium fluorescein (SF) to enhance skull base tumors by performing a quantitative digital analysis of tumor enhancement. The purpose of this study is to observe the grade of SF enhancement by the tumors.
Is sagittal sinus resection in falcine meningiomas a factor of bad surgical outcome?
Date of publication: 25-Oct-2010
Objective:Meningiomas arising purely from the falx below the longitudinal sinus represents a surgical challenge for the neurosurgeon. The authors discuss the new aspects of surgical details that may avoid complications and determine the prognosis.
Delayed cerebral radiation necrosis following treatment for a plasmacytoma of the skull
Date of publication: 25-Oct-2010
Background:Cerebral radiation necrosis is a relatively common complication of radiation therapy for intracranial malignancies which can also rarely be encountered after radiation of extracranial lesions of the head and neck. We present the first reported case of cerebral radiation necrosis in a patient who underwent radiation therapy for a plasmacytoma of the skull.
From the bench to the bedside: Spinal cord regeneration, niacin for stroke, magnetic nanoparticles, stimulation for epilepsy, role of galanins in epilepsy, functions of the supramarginal gyri, and the role of inflammation in postoperative cognitive disturbances
Date of publication: 20-Oct-2010
A modified stereotactic frame as an instrument holder for frameless stereotaxis: Technical note
Date of publication: 11-Oct-2010
Background:In order to improve the targeting capability and trajectory planning and provide a more secure probe-holding system, a simple method to use a stereotactic frame as an instrument holder for the frameless stereotactic system was devised.
Advances in the biology of cerebral cavernous malformations
Date of publication: 11-Oct-2010
Cutaneous malignant melanoma “recurred as” or “in coexistence” with meningioma?
Date of publication: 06-Oct-2010
Background:The authors report a rare case of a patient with previously treated cutaneous malignant melanoma that recurred 1 year later as an intracranial meningioma.
Shunt fracture in two children with myelomeningocele following spine surgery
Date of publication: 06-Oct-2010