December 9, 2011, 20:25

Neurocirugía Noviembre 2011 (Vol 18) View more documents from Surgical Neurology International

December 7, 2011, 13:35

Good news for those who are using Papers instead of EndNote for their scientific bibliography and (since the latest version) also as citation manager. We already have an EndNote style for SNI which can be downloaded in the Author Instructions. Now we are working and testing an SNI style for Papers. In my personal experience … Continue reading Citation style for Papers (beta) →

November 30, 2011, 0:00

Jason S HauptmanSurgical Neurology International 2011 2(1):172-172

November 17, 2011, 22:36

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November 17, 2011, 21:50

Faculty: Peter Warnke; Ben Roitberg Residents: Ricky Wong; Javed Khader-Eliyas; Ashley Ralston; Melissa Stamates; Mahua Dey Articles: 1) LeWitt P, Rezai AR, Leehey, MA, Ojemann SG, Flaherty AW, Eskandar EN, Kostyk SK, Thomas K, Sarkar, A, Siddiqui MS, Tatter SB, Schwalb JM, Poston KL, Henderson JM, Kurlan RM, Richard IH, Van Meter L, Sapan CV, … Continue reading Sterotactic and Functional Neurosurgery →

November 14, 2011, 0:00

Victoria T Trinh, Edward A. M. DuckworthSurgical Neurology International 2011 2(1):157-157Background: Despite refinements in neurotrauma care, the morbidity and mortality of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in pediatric patients remains high. We rep...

November 14, 2011, 0:00

Sami Obaid, Alexander G Weil, Ralph Rahme, Cathy Gendron, Daniel Shedid

Surgical Neurology International 2011 2(1):162-162

Background: Intravesical instillations of live-attenuated Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) are a well-known and effective method for prevention and treatment of bladder carcinoma and carcinoma in situ. Although considered a safe procedure with rare side effects, local and systemic complications may occur. While long bone ostemolyelitis has been well described, very few reports of BCG spondylodiscitis exist in the literature. Case Description: A 67-year-old man developed low back pain, anorexia, and weight loss 11 months after a 6-week course of intravesical BCG instillations for the treatment of bladder carcinoma in situ. Imaging studies revealed L1-L2 spondylodiscitis with epidural and bilateral psoas abscesses. Tissue cultures obtained by percutaneous computed tomography-guided aspiration were positive for Mycobacterium bovis. Despite triple antituberculous therapy (isoniazid, rifampin, and ethambutol), clinical and radiological progression occurred. Therefore, L1 and L2 corpectomies with extensive debridement were performed, followed by 360° anterior-posterior instrumented fusion. After 20 months of follow-up, the patient remains asymptomatic and recurrence-free. Conclusion: Mycobacterium bovis spondylodiscitis is a rare complication of intravesical BCG therapy. Although medical therapy with antituberculous agents is the first-line treatment, surgical decompression, debridement, and stabilization may be necessary in refractory cases.

November 11, 2011, 17:24

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October 28, 2011, 10:01

Chapter 4 out of 5: posterior fossa mass lesions! After implementing the Brain Trauma Foundation surgical guidelines on epidural hematoma, acute subdural hematoma, and traumatic parenchymal lesions, now it is time for posterior fossa mass lesions. As usual, I take my “three-step-approach”: Step 1: the original text-version of the guideline’s recommendations Step 2: create a flowchart Step 3: convert … Continue reading Decision support for posterior fossa mass lesions →

October 25, 2011, 10:17

Part 3 of the BTF Surgical Guidelines: traumatic parenchymal lesions. By now you will be familiar with the three steps I also used for the decision support systems on epidural hematoma and acute subdural hematoma: Step 1: the original text-version of the guideline’s recommendations Step 2: create a flowchart Step 3: convert into an app! Here is one … Continue reading Decision support for traumatic parenchymal lesions →