Cavernoma and Other Malformations
(1) Neurosurgery teaching hospital, Baghdad, Iraq This book contains some difficult questions marked with “ * “ sign. 1. Cavernoma (cavernous malformation, cavernous hemangioma, or cavernous angioma) The FALSE…
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Pre-intraoperative Tractography in Neurosurgery: The Experience of Sant’ Andrea Rome University Hospital
Fig. 1 We track the mono- or bipolar probe for neuronavigation through a reference star that is recognized and “neuronavigated”; therefore using it for the dual roles of pointer and…
Occult Lesion Localization in Deep Schwannomas of the Peripheral Nerves: Results of a Preliminary Case Series
n° Sex/age (years) Site (nerve) Size (cm) Preoperative status Anesthesia Histology Postoperative status Follow-up (months) 1 M/56 Sciatic 4 × 3 Pain General Schwannoma Pain-free Full recovery (12) 2 M/43…
Central Neurocytoma: Rate of Shunting and Outcome 2 Years After Total and Subtotal Excision
Site No. of patients % Right 2 16.6 % Left 5 41.6 % Biventricular 4 33.3 % Extending to third ventricle 1 8.3 % Fig. 1 Tumor location The transcortical…
Percutaneous Placement of Cement-Augmented Pedicle Screws for Osteoporotic Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures
Group A Group B P Age, years; mean(range) 68.9 (55–77) 62.8 (61–69) n.s. Sex 12 M, 18 F 14 M, 16 F n.s. Vertebral level 6 pts Th 12…
Reconstruction of Motor and Language Pathways Based on Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and DTI Fiber Tracking for the Preoperative Planning of Low Grade Glioma Surgery: A New Tool for Preservation and Restoration of Eloquent Networks
Patients Age (years) Sex Dominant hemisphere Tumor location Motor and/or language deficits on admission Motor and language deficits on first postop day Motor and language deficits at discharge Type of…
of High-Resolution Ultrasonography in Anterior Subcutaneous Transposition of the Ulnar Nerve for Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
and Wenchuan Zhang1 (1) Department of Neurosurgery, Xinhua Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University, No 1665, Kongjiang Road, Shanghai, 200092, China (2) Department of Neurosurgery, The People’s Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous…
Between Timing of Surgery and Outcome in ThoracoLumbar Fractures: Does Early Surgery Influence Neurological Recovery and Functional Restoration? A Multivariate Analysis of Results in Our Experience
Timing Site ASIA score preop AO spine Sex F = 45 (27.5 %) M = 121 (72.5 %) Median age (years) + SD Recovery Early <48h 42 PTS (25.3 %)…
Approach to Thoracic Disc Herniaton Guided by 3D Navigation System
Fig. 1 Case 1: preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in sagittal (a) and axial (b) planes. Computed tomography (CT) scans in sagittal (c) and axial (d) planes show calcified midline…
Aqueous Synthesization of Near-Infrared Quantum Dots for Bioimaging and Photodynamic Therapy of Gliomas
Fig. 1 TEM images of CdTe/CdS quantum dots (QDs), with photoluminescence at 700-nm wavelength. The spherical QDs appeared with crystalline structures and possessed excellent monodispersity. TEM transmission electron microscopy) Targeting…
