E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Original Investigation
Pages: 0853-0862
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17839-16.1
AIM: To investigate the vascular variations in patients with intracranial aneurysm in circle of Willis.
MATERIAL and METHODS: We used the data on 128 consecutive intracranial aneurysm cases. Cerebral angiography images were
analyzed retrospectively. Arteries were grouped as anterior cerebral arter...
Pages: 0863-0866
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17426-16.0
AIM: To report the initial experience of cerebral aneurysm treatment with Tapered flow diverters (TFDs).
MATERIAL and METHODS: Thirty patients with 34 aneurysms underwent cerebral aneurysm treatment with TFD (Silk, Balt,
Montmorency, France) between March 2011 and March 2016. Procedural findings, ...
Pages: 0867-0873
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17711-16.1
AIM: To develop a specific rehabilitation protocol for patients who have undergone surgical repair of acute aneurysmal subarachnoid
hemorrhage (aSAH), and to determine the time at which verticalization should be initiated after aSAH.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Sixty-five patients who underwent acute-te...
Pages: 0874-0883
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17206-16.2
AIM: Cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) may lead to a devastating neurological outcome by inducing
cerebral ischemia. However the role of external carotid artery (ECA) vasospasm has been rarely reported in the literature. The aim
of this study was to elucidate the effect of ECA...
Pages: 0884-0893
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17432-16.2
AIM: Cerebral vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is the most important complication that effects the mortality
and morbidity of patients with intracranial aneurysm. Today, the mechanisms of vasospasm are not understood in spite of
experimental and clinical researches. The aim of our...
Pages: 0894-0903
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17746-16.1
AIM: The U251 and U87 cell lines are commonly used as experimental models of glioblastoma. However, these cells exhibit
significant differences in their proliferation, invasion, and migration. The aim of the present study was to compare the protein
expression profiles of the U251 and U87 cell line...
Pages: 0904-0911
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17119-16.1
AIM: The method of choice for reconstruction of large acquired scalp defects depends on numerous factors. The aim of our study
was to analyze reconstructions of large acquired scalp defects performed on 135 patients in the period of 10 years.
MATERIAL and METHODS: We have monitored the factors wi...
Pages: 0912-0916
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.16986-16.1
AIM: Dropping a skull flap on the floor is an uncommon and avoidable mistake in the neurosurgical operating theater.
MATERIAL and METHODS: This study retrospectively reviewed all incidents of dropped skull flaps in Ain-Shams University
hospitals during a 10-year period to show how to manage this p...
Pages: 0917-0923
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17231-16.1
AIM: To evaluate the effects of cerebroventricular administration of hyperoncotic/hyperosmotic agents on edematous brain tissue
in rats with experimental head trauma.
MATERIAL and METHODS: The study included 54 female Sprague-Dawley rats with weights ranging between 200 and 250 g. Six
experimenta...
Pages: 0924-0930
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17249-16.2
AIM: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex process. Increasing evidence has demonstrated that reactive oxygen species contribute
to brain injury. Resveratrol (RVT) which exhibits significant antioxidant properties, is neuroprotective against excitotoxicity, ischemia,
and hypoxia. The aim of th...
Pages: 0931-0934
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17401-16.1
AIM: Television tip overs and head traumas in children showed an increase in the recent years in Turkey and throughout the world.
In this study, the injury types, the surgical interventions and the children exposed to head trauma due to an accident caused by a
falling television were investigated ...
Pages: 0935-0941
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.16795-15.2
AIM: To investigate whether programmable cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts are influenced by exposure to the magnetic field and to
compare the effects of magnetic field in 4 different brands of programmable CSF shunts.
MATERIAL and METHODS: This experimental study was performed in the laboratory u...
Pages: 0942-0945
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.16670-15.1
AIM: To assess the in-hospital mortality rate in adult patients suffering acute traumatic complete quadriplegia and determine the
possible predictors of mortality in these patients.
MATERIAL and METHODS: A review of all complete quadriplegics treated from January 1996 through March 2004 in a regio...
Pages: 0946-0951
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17508-16.1
AIM: At the cellular level, spinal cord injury (SCI) provokes an inflammatory response that generates substantial secondary damage
within the spinal cord but may also contribute to its repair. Besides intracellular antioxydant increase after exactly estimated oxidative
stress; oxygen formation and...
Pages: 0952-0961
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17959-16.1
AIM: To evaluate the effect of pregabalin pre-treatment on spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury and compare with
methylprednisolone (MP).
MATERIAL and METHODS: Thirty-two rats were randomly divided into four groups as follow: Group 1 (sham)(n=8), group 2
(ischemia only)(n=8), group 3 (30...
Pages: 0962-0968
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.16809-15.1
AIM: Leptomeningeal adhesions and fibrosis in the spinal peridural space are the most common causes of post-laminectomy
syndrome. Fibrin sealant agents and membrane barriers are commonly used for hemostasis and sealing purposes in spinal surgery.
Peridural fibrosis may be a risk of the usage of th...
Pages: 0969-0974
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17871-16.1
AIM: To investigate the anti-scarring potential of topical cyclosporine on rat sciatic nerves.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Both sciatic nerves were exposed in 24 adult male albino Wistar rats, and an abrasion injury was made
on the biceps femoris close to the sciatic nerve. Cotton pads soaked with cyclo...
Pages: 0975-0990
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17361-16.1
AIM: Fusion development is the primary goal in spinal surgeries that are conducted for the treatment of vertebral body pathologies
such as trauma, tumor and infection. Stabilization using metal plate screws together either with an autograft, allograft or xenograft
is used. We evaluated fusion deve...
Pages: 0991-0997
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17618-16.1
AIM: To investigate and compare the histological findings of patients with diabetes, hypothyroidism and idiopathic carpal tunnel
syndrome (CTS).
MATERIAL and METHODS: Subsynovial connective tissue samples of 51 idiopathic CTS patients (Group 1), 58 diabetic CTS
patients (Group 2) and 16 hypothyro...
Pages: 0998-01006
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17046-16.1
AIM: Microscope may fail to detect culprit vessel at the root entry zone or distally, especially when the suprameatal tubercle is
prominent and when the compressing vessel is lying anteriorly to the trigeminal nerve without using significant brain retraction.
Endoscopic techniques allow better vis...
Pages: 9007-01015
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17064-16.1
AIM: To evaluate the contribution of Turkish scientists to four journals published by Journal of Neurosurgery (JNS) Publishing Group
and to Acta Neurochirurgica (AN) and to its Supplement (ANS).
MATERIAL and METHODS: We reviewed every issue of those journals to December 2015 for the total number o...
Case Report
Pages: 1016-1020
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.14101-15.3
Ameloblastic carcinoma (AC) is a rare and aggressive malignant epithelial odontogenic tumor that may arise either from the
mandible (66.6%) or the maxilla (33.3%). Besides being formed de novo, the tumor can develop from a pre-existing ameloblastoma
or odontogenic cyst. The clinical course of AC i...
Pages: 1021-1024
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.15031-15.0
Spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage is a rare condition that usually occurs because of secondary causes and idiopathic spontaneous
ones are extremely rare. We report a 56-year-old woman who presented with severe headache, neck pain and urinary retention.
Magnetic resonance imaging revealed subarachnoid...
Pages: 1025-1028
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.14341-15.1
We report on a large fusiform aneurysm in a 20-year-old male with a history of cerebral palsy. Aneurysm location relative to four
anatomical posterior cerebral artery segments dictates which approach should be used for treatment: pterional transsylvian,
subtemporal, or parietooccipital interhemisp...
Technical Note
Pages: 1029-1031
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.16683-15.1
This work describes a simple technique for the safe removal of the midline parietal bone with the synostotic sagittal suture in infants
with sagittal synostosis to avoid dural tearing and bleeding from the superior sagittal sinus. The technique consists of stepwise
removal of the midline parietal ...
Letter to Editor
Pages: 1032
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.18993-16.0
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