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https://read.qxmd.com/read/34240686/traumatic-brachial-plexus-injury-proposal-of-an-evaluation-functional-prognostic-scoring-system
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Heri Suroto, Ansari Rahman
BACKGROUND: Until now, a scoring system for determining functional prognosis in traumatic brachial plexus injury (TBPI) does not yet exist. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This research is a retrospective study with analytic design to find data for each parameter that affect the functional prognosis in patients with TBPI and assess these factors for comparison using the DASH score. The parameters that are proven to affect the functional prognosis included in a scoring system that we have designed...
July 9, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34240676/laser-interstitial-thermal-therapy-litt-for-intracranial-lesions-a-single-institutional-series-outcomes-and-review-of-the-literature
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Rocco Dabecco, Michael J Gigliotti, Gordon Mao, Daniel Myers, Linda Xu, Philip Lee, Tulika Ranjan, Khaled Aziz, Alexander Yu
INTRODUCTION: Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is a minimally invasive treatment method in managing primary brain neoplasms, brain metastases, radiation necrosis, and epileptogenic lesions, many of which are located in operative corridors that would be difficult to address. Although the use of lasers is not a new concept in neurosurgery, advances in technology have enabled surgeons to perform laser treatment with the aid of real-time MRI thermography as a guide. In this report, we present our institutional series and outcomes of patients treated with LITT...
July 9, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34240664/postoperative-hydrocephalus-is-a-high-risk-lethal-factor-for-patients-with-low-grade-optic-pathway-glioma
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Song Han, Zuocheng Yang, Liguo Wang, Yakun Yang, Xueling Qi, Changxiang Yan, Chunjiang Yu
OBJECTIVES: To explore the prognostic factors of patients with low-grade optic pathway glioma (OPG) and the optimal treatment to reduce the incidence of postoperative hydrocephalus. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This single-center study retrospectively analyzed data from 66 patients with OPGs who underwent surgery. The patients were followed, and overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were determined. The effects of different treatments on the hydrocephalus of patients were compared...
July 9, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34236265/largest-neurosurgical-social-media-group-and-its-impact-on-communication-and-research
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Bipin Chaurasia, Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana, Gianluca Scalia, Francesco Barresi, Kaan Yağmurlu, Sauson Soldozy, Harsh Deora, Giuseppe Raudino, Francesca Graziano, Giovanni Federico Nicoletti, Salvatore Cicero, Rosario Maugeri, Santino Ottavio Tomasi, Mehmet Zileli, Christopher S Graffeo, Roberto R Herrera, Abidha Shah, Yoon Ha, Ranjit Kumar Chaurasiya, Hyeun-Sung Kim, Tetsuro Sameshima, Luis Borba, Jose Marcus Rotta, Dhiman Chowdhury, Raushan Kumar Chaurasia, Andre Grotenhuis, Italo Linfante, Laligam N Sekhar
BACKGROUND: The use of social media to communicate and disseminate knowledge has increased exponentially, especially in the field of neurosurgery. 'Neurosurgery cocktail' (NC) was developed by a group of young neurosurgeons as a means of sharing didactic materials and clinical experiences via social media. It connects 35.000 neurosurgeons worldwide on multiple platforms, primarily Facebook and Twitter. Given the rising utilization of social media in neurosurgery, the popularity of NC has also increased since its inception...
July 8, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34236262/the-prognosis-of-glioblastoma-a-large-multifactorial-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Chen Luo, Kun Song, Shuai Wu, N U Farrukh Hameed, Nijiati Kudulaiti, Hao Xu, Zhi-Yong Qin, Jin-Song Wu
OBJECTIVE: Glioblastoma is the most common and fatal primary brain tumor in adults. Even with maximal resection and a series of postoperative adjuvant treatments, the median overall survival (OS) of glioblastoma patients remains approximately 15 months. The Huashan Hospital glioma bank contains more than 2000 glioma tissue samples with long-term follow-up data; almost half of these samples are from glioblastoma patients. Several large glioma databases with long-term follow-up data have reported outcomes of glioblastoma patients from countries other than China...
July 8, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34236251/management-of-giant-internal-carotid-aneurysm-by-extracranial-intracranial-bypass-and-flow-diverter-stent
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Assylbek Kaliyev, Yerbol Makhambetov, Yerkin Medetov, Marat Kulmirzayev, Serik Dusembayev, Chingiz Nurimanov, Baurzhan Kunakbayev, Serik Akshulakov
Flow diverter stents have become the standard approach to managing intracranial aneurysms; however, in some cases of complex, wide-necked aneurysms, poor outcomes due to stent occlusion have been reported. We report the case of a giant internal carotid artery aneurysm treated by high-flow extracranial-intracranial (EC-IC) bypass with flow diverter deployment. Seven months post-operatively, radiographic imaging demonstrated occlusion of the stent and parent artery, with further ischemic events prevented by collateral flow from the high flow bypass...
July 8, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34212785/multipoint-fixation-with-vascularised-fibular-bone-graft-and-myotomy-for-atlanto-axial-instability-in-cervical-dystonia-a-case-report
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rahul S Shah, Lucy Cogswell, Roman Mykula, Murtuza E Sikander
Spinal instability is a challenging condition to manage in patients with cervical dystonia. Standard surgical stabilisation approaches may fail to cope with additional stress forces created by spasmodic muscles leading to construct failure either in the immediate or late post-operative period. Long-term stabilisation relies on the management of dystonic symptoms and adjunctive strategies to increase fusion success rate. We discuss the management of a challenging patient with translational C1/2 instability who had three metalwork failures with standard occipito-cervical fixation techniques within a 12 month period...
July 2, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34187271/giant-tuberculoma-of-the-corpus-callosum-the-unforeseen-diagnosis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Valentina Tardivo, Emanuele Pontali, Francesco Lupidi, Mattia Bruzzo, Tomasz Tadeusz Godowicz, Giovanni Cassola, Marcello Feasi, Eugenio Marinaro, Fotios Kalfas
OBJECTIVE: Isolated intracranial tuberculomas are rare, especially in adults and it is not uncommon that they are easily confused with other diseases. To address this issue, we reported a case of a tuberculoma of the corpus callosum focusing on clinical characteristics, diagnostic clues, and outcome. CONCLUSIONS: Intracranial masses are frequently targeted as neoplastic pathology with surgical treatment in most cases. It is important to distinguish between neuro tuberculoma and brain tumors because of their different management and prognosis...
June 30, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34187266/neuromate-%C3%A2-robot-assisted-ventricular-catheter-insertion
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Harischandra Lalgudi Srinvasan, Ahmed Raslan, Kantharuby Tambirajoo, Richard Selway, Keyoumars Ashkan, Harutomo Hasegawa
BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE: Insertion of ventricular catheters into small ventricles may require image guidance. Several options exist, including ultrasound guidance, frameless, and frame-based stereotactic approaches. There is no literature on management options when conventional image guidance fails to cannulate the ventricle. The accuracy of the robotic arm is well established in functional and epilepsy surgery. We report the first case using the Neuromate® robot for the placement of a shunt ventricular catheter into the lateral ventricle after a failed attempt with a more commonly used frameless electromagnetic navigation system...
June 30, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34187254/extreme-cases-in-percutaneous-transforaminal-endoscopic-surgery-case-series-and-brief-review-of-the-literature
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Stylianos Kapetanakis, Evangelos Floros, Nikolaos Gkantsinikoudis
PURPOSE: Percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic decompression (PTED) is a minimally invasive method of surgical treatment of miscellaneous spinal conditions. We describe our experience with PTED in extreme cases of foraminal stenosis (FS) in adult degenerative scoliosis (ADS), recurrent foraminal stenosis (RFS) after previous open decompression surgery and adjacent segment disease (ASD) after previous lumbar fusion. METHODS: Twenty-one (21) patients with FS encountered in the clinical framework of ADS ( n  = 6), previous open decompression surgery ( n  = 8) and ASD ( n  = 7) were prospectively reviewed...
June 30, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34184609/rhino-oropharingeal-osteoradionecrotic-soft-tissue-and-bony-defect-reconstruction-with-submental-artery-island-flap-a-case-report
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Elena Lucattelli, Giulio Menichini, Paolo Luparello, Andrea Boschi, Giandomenico Maggiore, Marco Innocenti, Alessandro Innocenti
BACKGROUND: The submental artery island flap is widely used in head and neck reconstruction, since it is easy and quick to harvest, and it can be successfully used for the coverage of perioral, intraoral and facial defects. We used this technique for the reconstruction of a complex soft-tissue and bony defect of rhino-oropharinx. CASE REPORT: Osteoradionecrosis of rhino-oropharingeal posterior wall with C2 necrotic body exposure occurred in a 77-year-old woman. After the failure of reconstruction with a Hadad-Bassagasteguy flap, a submental island flap with cervical spine stabilization was planned to be performed in a one-stage operation...
June 29, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34184600/comparison-between-zero-profile-and-cage-plate-devices-in-the-treatment-of-single-level-cervical-spondylopathy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Xiao-Bo Zhang, Wen-Hua Yuan, Jiang-Dong An, Shao-Long Li, Rui-Hao Zhang, Yi-Cun Hu, Kai Zhang, Jin-Tao Shi, Ke-Ping Wang, Hai-Yu Zhou
OBJECTIVE: To compare the new zero-profile (Zero-P) fusion cage with regular cage and plate (CP) in the treatment of anterior cervical single-level cervical degenerative diseases. METHODS: Patients operated from January 2013 to August 2018 were enrolled. They were divided into the Zero-P group ( n  = 74 cases) and CP groups ( n  = 116 cases). Follow-up assessment was at 1, 3, 12, and 24 months after surgery, including the incidence of dysphagia, visual analogue scale (VAS) score, Japanese orthopaedic association (JOA)score, C2-C7 Cobb angle, intervertebral disc height (IDH) and adjacent joint degeneration...
June 29, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34180330/electrically-assisted-pedal-cycles-is-new-legislation-required-to-mitigate-increased-head-injury-risk
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sandhya Trichinopoly Krishna, Stuart Roberts, Ronan Dardis
OBJECTIVES: Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles (EAPCs) are pedal bikes that are fitted with a motor that travel at higher speeds than conventional bicycles. Recent international data shows that there is an association with increased severity of injury, particularly in paediatric populations. Currently, EAPCs are subject to the same legislation regarding helmet use as pedal bikes in the UK and EU which does not mandate the use of a helmet. Here we examine safety concerns surrounding EAPCs in the context of existing EU and UK legislation to assess whether changes to these should be made by public health bodies to mitigate the increased risk of injury...
June 26, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34180321/transfer-of-the-phrenic-nerve-to-musculocutaneous-nerve-via-sural-nerve-graft-after-total-brachial-plexus-injury
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lívio Pereirade Macêdo, Joao Batista Monte Freire Filho, Fernando Henrique Morais de Souza, Nivaldo Sena Almeida, Hildo Rocha Cirne Azevedo-Filho
A middle age male presented a right total brachial plexus injury after motorcycle fall one year ago. Subsequent electromyographic evaluation was consistent with C5, C6, C7, C8 and T1 root avulsion. The patient was submitted to a right transfer of the phrenic nerve to musculocutaneous nerve , using rural nerve graft.
June 26, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34180316/intracranial-dural-based-marginal-zone-malt-type-b-cell-lymphoma-a-case-based-update-and-literature-review
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
G La Rocca, A M Auricchio, E Mazzucchi, T Ius, G M Della Pepa, R Altieri, F Pignotti, M Gessi, V De Santis, C Zoia, G Sabatino
OBJECTIVES: Dural based Marginal Zone MALT-type B-Cell Lymphoma (MZBCL) is an intracranial tumor that can mimicking meningioma both from a clinical and a radiological point of view. A standard treatment protocol is still lacking. Aim of the present work is to provide an update of the present literature regarding this rare neoplasia. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We report the case of a patient with a dural-based lesion mimicking a meningioma of the tentorium. After surgical treatment, the diagnosis was of MZBCL...
June 26, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34169790/screening-for-cerebrovascular-disorder-on-the-basis-of-family-history-in-asymptomatic-children
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Christopher Paul Millward, Libby Van Tonder, Dawn Williams, Owen Thornton, Mitchell Foster, Michael Griffiths, Mani Puthuran, Arun Chandran, Anil Israni, Ajay Sinha, Rachel Kneen, Conor Mallucci
Background: Cerebrovascular disorders represent a group of uncommon, heterogeneous, and complex conditions in children. We reviewed the screening practice for the detection of cerebrovascular disorder in asymptomatic children referred to our neurovascular service on the basis of a positive family history and parental and/or treating physician concern. Methods: Retrospective case-note review of referrals to our neurovascular service (July 2008-April 2018). Patients were included if the referral was made for screening, on the basis of a positive family history of cerebrovascular disorder...
June 25, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34165013/optimum-choice-of-mra-sequences-for-gamma-knife-planning-in-avm
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Alp Dinçer, Koray Özduman
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June 24, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34159852/medulla-oblongata-germinoma-with-klinefelter-syndrome
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Li-Hsin Tai, Sheau-Fang Yang, Yu-Li Chen, Yoon Bin Chong, Ta-Chih Yu, Ann-Shung Lieu
Intracranial germinomas mostly occur in teenagers and young adults. The common sites are pineal and suprasellar regions. Males with Klinefelter syndrome, compared with males without chromosomal abnormalities, are known to have a higher incidence of developing pineal or suprasellar germinomas. As for germinoma in the medulla oblongata, this is rare, with only 21 previous cases reported. Due to the rarities, any relationship between people with Klinefelter syndrome and medulla oblongata germinomas remains undetermined...
June 23, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34148487/necrotizing-infundibulo-hypophysitis-case-report-and-literature-review
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Carlos Magalhães-Ribeiro, Antónia Furtado, Raúl Baggen Santos, Lino Mascarenhas, Sara Costa Correia, Gustavo Rocha, Mário Resende
PURPOSE: We describe a rare case of histopathologic-proven necrotizing infundibulo-hypophysitis (NIH). CLINICAL HISTORY: A 40-year-old female presented with coexistence of central diabetes insipidus and hypopituitarism. Imaging disclosed a thickened infundibulum and a diffusely enlarged pituitary mass with gadolinium rim enhancement pattern. Microsurgical endonasal transsphenoidal resection was performed. The presence of extensive liquefactive necrosis, surrounded by lymphoplasmocytic inflammatory infiltrate, allowed for the diagnosis of NIH...
June 21, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/34148480/intrasellar-hemorrhagic-chordoma-masquerading-as-pituitary-apoplexy-case-report-and-review-of-the-literature
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Boyi Li, Michael G Kim, Jose F Dominguez, Eric Feldstein, George Kleinman, Fawaz Al-Mufti, Matthew Kim, Simon Hanft
BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE: Chordomas are centrally located, expansile soft tissue neoplasms that arise from the remnants of the embryological notochord. Hemorrhagic presentation is exceedingly rare and can resemble pituitary apoplexy. Moreover, a purely intrasellar location of a chordoma is extremely uncommon. We report a case of a hemorrhagic intrasellar chordoma in an adult male, which presented similarly to pituitary apoplexy and was resolved with surgical resection. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: A 69-year-old male presented with a 4 week history of acute onset headache and concurrent diplopia, with significantly reduced testosterone and slightly reduced cortisol...
June 21, 2021: British Journal of Neurosurgery
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