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SpanishNeurosurgery concepts: Key perspectives on regulatory proteins, management of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, and radiosurgery for intracranial lesions
Date of publication: 25-Mar-2013
Teamwork in skull base surgery: An avenue for improvement in patient care
Date of publication: 25-Mar-2013
Background:During the past several decades, numerous centers have acquired significant expertise in the treatment of skull base pathologies. Favorable outcomes are not only due to meticulous surgical planning and execution, but they are also related to the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines. We review the impact of teamwork on patient care, elaborate on the key processes for successful teamwork, and discuss its challenges.
Posttraumatic delayed subdural tension pneumocephalus
Date of publication: 25-Mar-2013
Background:Pneumocephalus is a complication of head injury in 3.9-9.7% of the cases, it also appears after supratentorial craniotomy in 100% of cases. The accumulation of intracranial air can be acute (<72 hours) or delayed (≥72 hours). When intracranial air causes intracranial hypertension and has a mass-effect with neurological deterioration, it is called tension pneumocephalus.
Why physicians might want to learn computer programming
Date of publication: 22-Mar-2013
Targeting thalamic tremor cells in deep brain stimulation for multiple sclerosis-induced complex tremor
Date of publication: 22-Mar-2013
Background:Tremor is an important cause of disability in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). It is an ongoing debate as to which brain region should be targeted in MS patients with complex tremors.
Fulminant holocord intramedullary tubercular abscess with enigmatic presentation
Date of publication: 22-Mar-2013
Background:Intramedullary and subarachnoidal tubercular abscesses are rare forms of spinal tuberculosis as compared with extradural collections secondary to vertebral tuberculosis.
New Features in Surgical Neurology International for 2013
Date of publication: 22-Mar-2013
Intracerebral pial arteriovenous fistula with large venous varix: A rare case report
Date of publication: 27-Feb-2013
Background:Intracerebral pial arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are rare vascular lesions of the brain. These lesions are composed of one or more direct arterial connection to a single venous channel without true intervening nidus and usually have associated venous varix or giant venous aneurysms. Intracerebral varices are occasionally associated with high-flow AVF, and usually treated by interrupting the feeding arteries leaving the varices intact.
The Evangelismos hospital central nervous system tumor registry: Analysis of 1414 cases (1998-2009)
Date of publication: 27-Feb-2013
Background:The Evangelismos Hospital central nervous system (CNS) Tumor Registry represents the current effort of the Departments of Neurosurgery and Pathology to collect data for primary and metastatic CNS tumor patients. In the present study, 12-year hospital data (1998-2009) were reviewed and analyzed.
Incidence, risk factors, and outcome of postoperative pneumonia after microsurgical clipping of ruptured intracranial aneurysms
Date of publication: 27-Feb-2013
Background:Occurrence of pneumonia challenges the medical management of patients who have undergone surgery for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, and is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. There are very few studies evaluating the incidence and outcome of postoperative pneumonia in patients undergoing microsurgical clipping of ruptured intracranial aneurysms. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence, risk factors, and outcome of postoperative pneumonia in patients undergoing surgery for ruptured intracranial aneurysms.
