Number of patients 23 Mean age 49 years (range: 25–75) Male: female 15: 8 Presenting Karnofsky Performance Score 80 Presenting symptoms Speech deficit 5 Visual deficit 2 Seizure 15…
Fig. 1 (a) Preoperative T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan, demonstrating significant bilateral frontal lobe edema tracking posteriorly along the white fiber tracts. (b) Preoperative T1-weighted MRI scan with contrast,…
Fig. 1 The Fig. shows the endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) subgroups in terms of hormonal secretion: there were 41 nonsecreting adenomas, and 3 adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), 1 thyroid stimulating hormone…
Fig. 1 Cervical spinal cord stimulation (SCS). Radiography images show the location of the stimulation electrode and implantable pulse generator (IPG). Left, IPG under the anterior chest wall; Middle, lateral…
Diagnosis No of patients Glioma; low grade 9 Glioma; high grade 13 Tectal glioma 4 Malignant teratoma 2 Colloid cyst 5 Radionecrosis 7 Craniopharyngioma 7 PNET 5 Lymphoma 4 Metastases…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Massimiliano Visocchi, H. Maximilian Mehdorn, Yoichi Katayama and Klaus R. H. von Wild (eds.)Trends in Reconstructive NeurosurgeryActa Neurochirurgica Supplement12410.1007/978-3-319-39546-3_23 RETRACTED CHAPTER: Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion with a Compressive C-JAWS Staple Lei Xia1, 2, Ming-Xing Liu1,…
Sex Age (years) Back VAS pre Leg VAS pre ODI pre Back VAS post (6 months) Leg VAS post (6 months) ODI post (6 months) M 71 7/10 7/10 80…
No. of patients Incidence (%) Event description Solution 4 12.1 Accidental electrode rupture Replacement (IPG + electrode) 2 6 Cough VNS parameters adjustment 1 3.03 Thoracic duct lesion Surgical closure…
Author Etiology Patients Site of lesion Stimulation Time to surgery Clinical improvement latency Evaluation parameters Responsive n (%) Kanno et al. (1988) [13] Trauma/ischemia 10 Cerebral cortex Cervical SCS 3–6…
Fig. 1 (a) Comparison of the nasoaxial line (red) and nasopalatine line (yellow) with the actual surgical extent. The NAxL closely corresponds to the lowest limit of the endoscopic endonasal…
