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October 20268
A Mysterious Case of Giant Scalp Devil's Horn with Intracranial Extension Removed by Surgical Excision.
A 60-year-old male presented with altered consciousness, chronic headaches, blurred vision, and scalp swelling. Imaging revealed a giant cutaneous horn in the scalp with underlying bony erosion and intracranial…
The Urgent Surgical Outcome of Intracranial Subdural Empyema: A Case Presentation.
A patient presented unconscious due to intracranial subdural empyema, a severe brain infection. Urgent surgical intervention was performed, leading to a rapid recovery postoperatively.
Malignant phyllodes tumour with spinal metastasis presenting as cauda equina syndrome.
A female in her early 50s with a history of borderline phyllodes tumour underwent right mastectomy and adjuvant radiotherapy.
Wound dehiscence following biportal endoscopic versus microscopic spine surgery for single-level lumbar decompression: a post hoc analysis of two randomized controlled trials.
This post hoc analysis of two randomized controlled trials compared wound dehiscence rates between biportal endoscopic spine surgery (BESS) and microscopic spine surgery (MSS) in 211 patients undergoing single-level…
A hypertensive response to irrigation: endoscopic repair of a ventral spinal CSF leak.
A 36-year-old woman with recurrent spontaneous intracranial hypotension due to a ventral T11-12 CSF leak underwent endoscopic repair.
Cost-Effectiveness of Adjunctive Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization for Chronic Subdural Hematoma: Secondary Analysis of EMBOLISE.
This secondary analysis of the EMBOLISE randomized trial evaluated the cost-effectiveness of adjunctive middle meningeal artery embolization (MMAE) versus evacuation surgery (ES) alone in 42 patients with chronic…
How I do it: meningioangiomatosis of the sylvian fissure. The need for a tailored functional neurosurgery.
A patient with drug-resistant epileptic seizures presented with meningioangiomatosis located in the right sylvian fissure, affecting the M1-M2 segments of the right middle cerebral artery.
5-Aminolevulinic Acid-mediated Photodynamic Therapy for Glioblastoma: A Systematic Review of Intracavitary and Interstitial Approaches with an Illustrative Case.
This article systematically reviews the clinical literature on 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) for glioblastoma, focusing on intracavitary and interstitial treatment approaches.
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Isolated clival Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a pediatric patient: systematic review and illustrative case report.
A 3.5-year-old boy presented with isolated clival Langerhans cell histiocytosis, confirmed through histopathological and immunohistochemical evaluation.
More than meets the eye: A meta-analysis of visual outcomes following clipping, coiling, and flow diversion for visually symptomatic paraclinoid aneurysms.
This PRISMA-compliant systematic review and random-effects meta-analysis compared visual outcomes after clipping, coiling, and flow diversion for paraclinoid aneurysms, drawing on 21 studies.
Association between surgeon sex and long-term postoperative outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
This systematic review and random-effects meta-analysis compared long-term postoperative outcomes among patients treated by female versus male surgeons. Four studies included 3,467,096 patients.
Purely transvenous treatment of cervical paraspinal arteriovenous fistulas.
This report details two patients with paraspinal arteriovenous fistulas (PSAVF) treated using a purely transvenous approach.
Occipitocervical fusion and decompression in Morquio syndrome: a case report and literature review.
A 10-year-old girl with Morquio syndrome presented with progressive quadriparesis due to severe cervical myelopathy. She underwent occipitocervical decompression and fusion, which led to significant neurological…
Pain outcomes and safety in trigeminal neuralgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing percutaneous balloon compression with microvascular decompression.
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy and safety of percutaneous balloon compression (PBC) versus microvascular decompression (MVD) in treating trigeminal neuralgia (TN) among 1284 patients.
Ventral Cervical Spinal Schwannoma Presenting as Progressive Myelopathy.
A male in his 20s presented with a two-year history of progressive paraparesis and urinary incontinence. Neurological examination revealed signs of spasticity and reduced lower-limb power.
En Bloc Resection for Primary Malignant Tumors of the Subaxial Cervical Spine: Oncologic and Technical Considerations.
This article combines four illustrative cases with a narrative review to discuss management of primary malignant bone tumors in the subaxial cervical spine.
Routine versus clinically indicated cerebrospinal fluid sampling for infection in external ventricular drains: a systematic review.
This systematic review evaluated the effectiveness of routine versus clinically indicated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sampling for infection in patients with external ventricular drains (EVDs).
Fatal spontaneous bilateral extradural hematoma with swirl sign in a child with sickle cell disease: lessons from delayed surgical access at a tertiary center.
A 13-year-old girl with homozygous sickle cell disease presented with sudden altered consciousness and left hemiparesis, showing a Glasgow coma scale of 9.
Outcomes of delayed CSF diversion protocol in Infants with lumbosacral myelomeningocele: impact of timing of presentation on hydrocephalus development and postoperative complications.
This controlled clinical trial evaluated the outcomes of a delayed cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion protocol in 186 infants with lumbosacral myelomeningocele (MMC) across two centers in Iraq.
Radiotherapy versus observation following surgical resection of WHO grade 2 atypical meningioma (ROAM/EORTC-1308): an international, multicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised controlled trial.
ROAM/EORTC-1308 was an international, multicentre, open-label, phase 3 randomised trial comparing adjuvant radiotherapy with observation after complete resection of newly diagnosed WHO grade 2 atypical meningioma.
A juvenile homicide associated with a left-sided cerebral arteriovenous malformation.
A 14-year-old boy with a large, inoperable left parieto-occipital arteriovenous malformation extending into the temporal lobe had a history of speech delay, ADHD, oppositional behavior, emotional dysregulation, and…
Microvascular decompression for long-standing oculomotor nerve palsy due to compression by fetal-type posterior communicating artery.
A woman with a 2-year history of left-sided ptosis and binocular horizontal diplopia was diagnosed with oculomotor nerve palsy due to compression from a fetal-type posterior communicating artery.
Fundus albipunctatus-like retinopathy in hypovitaminosis A-related optic neuropathy with skull hyperostosis.
A young man presented with progressive night blindness, optic neuropathy, and bilateral retinal flecks, initially thought to indicate an inherited retinal dystrophy.
Transient Paraparesis from Post-traumatic Muscle Herniation Through Laminectomy Defect: Rare Sequela of Thoracolumbar Kyphosis Correction: A Case Report.
An 8-year-old girl with congenital thoracolumbar kyphosis experienced acute paraparesis following minor trauma seven years after undergoing spinal correction surgery.
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