E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Vol. 28, Issue 3 (2018)
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Review
Pages: 329-340
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.18923-16.1
Although endoscopic techniques have many advantages including improved visualization and magnification, they are also
associated with limitations. The objective of this review is to discuss the practical aspects that can reduce complications after
endoscopic procedures, and their management. The r...
Original Investigation
Pages: 341-348
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.20023-17.1
AIM: To describe and evaluate the anaesthesiological regimen used in neurophysiologically monitored image-guided mini-invasive
neurosurgery.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Twenty-four patients underwent elective surgery under general anaesthesia that was administered
through Target Controlled Infusion (TC...
Pages: 349-355
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.20509-17.1
AIM: Accurate localizations of cerebral lesions ensure good surgical outcomes and minimize intraoperative complications. Currently,
microscope-integrated neuronavigation systems compensate these requirements. Since these units are expensive and large, the
need to create more practical and portable...
Pages: 356-363
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.19342-16.0
AIM: To explore the clinical value of bone flap creation and the sinus protection in the approach of retrosigmoid keyhole craniotomy
with the guidance of three-dimensional (3D) sliced computed tomography (CT) reconstruction of the skull transverse sinus and
sigmoid sinus groove.
MATERIAL and METH...
Pages: 364-368
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.19510-16.0
AIM: To investigate whether sleep quality and sleepiness of patients who undergo surgery for pituitary adenomas differ from healthy
individuals.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Forty-four patients who were operated for pituitary adenomas and 44 healthy individuals, 88 subjects
in total, were evaluated by a...
Pages: 369-388
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21825-17.0
AIM: Limited focus has been placed on neuropsychological patient profiles after spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (sSAH).
We conducted a prospective controlled study in good-grade sSAH patients to evaluate the time course of treatment-specific
differences in cognitive processing after sSAH.
MAT...
Pages: 389-393
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.18791-16.2
AIM: Whether an antiepileptic drug (AED) should be prescribed for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) patients is a matter in dispute,
and recent studies have come up with different or even opposite views. A meta-analysis on this issue has not been performed.
The goal of this meta-analysis was to study...
Pages: 394-399
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.20480-17.0
AIM: To report the outcome of microsurgical revascularization in patients with Moyamoya Disease (MMD) in Southern Iran.
MATERIAL and METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Southern Iran during a 7-year period from 2009 to
2016. All the patients with Moyamoya Disease (confirmed with d...
Pages: 400-404
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.18825-16.1
AIM: Currently, the platelet count threshold for platelet transfusion, that is commonly used prior to surgical evacuation of chronic
subdural hematoma (CSDH), is 100,000 per microliter. This study was done to show the outcome of the surgical evacuation of CSDH
in patients with intractable thromboc...
Pages: 405-409
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.19968-17.1
AIM: To evaluate microcirculatory changes in neighboring parenchyma as a result of pressure due to chronic subdural hematoma
(CSDH) in early and late periods after hematoma drainage.
MATERIAL and METHODS: The subject group consisted of 25 patients who underwent CSDH drainage. Brain diffusion and
...
Pages: 410-415
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.19396-16.1
AIM: To describe the impact of the Traumatic Brain Injury management guideline introduction in Hungary.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Hospital discharge records (HDR) including age, gender, codes of interventions applied, ICD codes
of diagnosed disorders of patients admitted between 01/01/2004 and 31/12/2...
Pages: 416-420
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.20117-17.1
AIM: Skull bone fixation following different cranial surgeries is essential and should be rigid, simple and cheap. We describe our
technique of cranial fixation using the adhesive cyanoacrylates.
MATERIAL and METHODS: At the end of cranial and intracranial surgeries the craniotomy flap and bone pi...
Pages: 421-427
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.20238-17.2
AIM: Dysnatremic cases are frequently faced in clinical practice. Its macroscopic effects and consequences are well known, but
microscopic effects are not well defined. The aim of this study was to reveal the effects of dysnatremia at the cellular level.
MATERIAL and METHODS: By using an action po...
Pages: 428-433
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.20103-17.1
AIM: Oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) is a minimally invasive surgical method that can provide an access to the lumbar spine
without direct dissection of psoas muscle and the need for intraoperative neuromonitoring (IOM) is questionable. The aim of this
study was to examine and document the...
Pages: 434-438
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.19318-16.2
AIM: To investigate the correlation of the Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R) anxiety, depression, and somatization subscale
scores with chronic low back pain (LBP).
MATERIAL and METHODS: Seventy-five patients who were admitted with the complaint of chronic LBP (patient group) and 75
healthy perso...
Pages: 439-446
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.19263-16.2
AIM: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of the one-stage posterior approach in treating consecutive multiple-segment thoracic
tuberculosis with kyphosis.
MATERIAL and METHODS: A retrospective study was performed. The data of 22 patients with consecutive multi-level thoracic
tuberculosis and kyphos...
Pages: 447-453
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.19978-17.0
AIM: The etiology of intervertebral disc degeneration is still vague and both genetic and environmental factors are assumed as the
main causes. One of the proposed genetic factors is the polymorphism of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) genes. The aim of this
study was to explore the relationship b...
Pages: 454-461
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.19479-16.0
AIM: To report our results about minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF) with bilateral pedicle screw
fixation, in patients with degenerative lumbosacral spine disease. To describe the indications, surgical technique and results of
a consecutive series of 40 patients wh...
Pages: 462-468
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.19980-17.1
AIM: To describe a modified Jaslow-transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) technique for the treatment of single-level, isthmic
spondylolisthesis (IS).
MATERIAL and METHODS: Between April 2011 and September 2012, 32 patients with IS undergoing a modified Jaslow-TLIF were
retrospectively rev...
Pages: 469-473
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.19286-16.2
AIM: Iatrogenic vascular injuries due to spinal surgeries are rare but serious complications. Surgical management of these injuries is
challenging with high morbidity rates. In this study we aim to present the results of endovascular management of iatrogenic vascular
injuries due to spinal surgeri...
Pages: 474-478
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.19789-16.4
AIM: To analyze the cases discussed at the High Health Council (HHC) and to determine the solutions for problems related to gluteal
intramuscular injection (IMI) applications.
MATERIAL and METHODS: In a 10-year period, the cases of IMI-related sciatic nerve injury (SNI) referred for an opinion fro...
Pages: 479-482
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.19703-17.2
AIM: Papaverine is a vasodilator agent that is an opium alkaloid. It exhibits its effects by inhibiting the phosphodiesterase enzyme.
Papaverine administration is widely used to avoid symptomatic vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage. We aimed, in this
research, to study the effects of papaverin...
Pages: 483-489
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.20042-17.1
AIM: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgeries are multi-faceted and the various steps are interconnected. Since its first implementation,
the method of DBS surgery has undergone changes. We have encountered several expected and also non-expected perioperative
technical complications in the past seve...
History
Pages: 490-494
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.20821-17.0
In the medical literature, various ethnic terms such as Caucasian or Mongolian,are sporadically cited to indicate the relationship
between certain disorders and the geographical origin of individuals. Few scientists recognize that those definitions stem from
a medical thesis written by the German ...
Case Report
Pages: 495-499
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17111-16.2
Although neurological features are commonly encountered in Whipple"s disease (WD), presentation with purely neurological patterns
is uncommon. Exclusive confinement to the central nervous system (CNS) is extremely rare. In these cases, the development of an
isolated cerebral mass is exceptional.
...
Pages: 500-504
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.19435-16.2
The authors report on a patient harbouring an unruptured cortical arteriovenous malformation (AVM), who had presented with
obstructive hydrocephalus due to compression of the cerebral aqueduct by a large venous varix. A ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt
was inserted in emergency. Due to its large vo...
Technical Note
Pages: 505-509
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.17010-16.4
In recent years, endoscope use for the excision of brain stem lesions or those localized to the anterior part of the brain stem has
started. In this paper, a case of upper clival meningioma resected through the endoscopic endonasal transclival route has been
presented with illustrations, and live ...