E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Vol. 29, Issue 6 (2019)
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Original Investigation
Pages: 799-803
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24244-18.2
AIM: To analyze preoperative inflammatory markers including neutrophil, lymphocyte and platelet counts and neutrophil to
lymphocyte (NLR) and platelet to lymphocyte (PLR) ratios in a group of patients with different brain pathologies and healthy controls.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Above mentioned preo...
Pages: 804-810
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25151-18.1
AIM: To analyse postoperative meningitis (POM) after craniotomy, and to compare the clinical characteristics, treatment outcomes
and mortality rates of POM that were caused by Acinetobacter spp. or other possible causes.
MATERIAL and METHODS: In this study, POM cases in our hospital between 2008 a...
Pages: 811-815
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24950-18.2
AIM: To investigate the effect of ultrasound-guided methylene blue (MB) thoracic paravertebral nerve block (TPVB) on the treatment
of postherpetic neuralgia (PHN).
MATERIAL and METHODS: A total of 27 patients with PHN were treated with ultrasound-guided TPVB. The blocking drug used
was an MB comp...
Pages: 816-822
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25018-18.2
AIM: To investigate the efficacy of empirical antibiotic treatment in culture-negative pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis (PVO) cases.
MATERIAL and METHODS: The records of patients with culture-negative PVO who were treated at infectious diseases and
neurosurgery outpatient clinics in the past four ...
Pages: 823-828
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25564-18.1
AIM: To evaluate the effectiveness of Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) as the primary and only therapy for the treatment of
cavernous sinus hemangiomas (CSH) and to report the tumor volume dynamics, course of symptoms, and complications after
stereotactic radiosurgery.
MATERIAL and METHODS: A tota...
Pages: 829-834
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25411-18.1
AIM: To assess posterior fossa brain arteriovenous malformation (PFbAVM) patients who received initial endovascular intervention
to reduce the lesion size, as well as embolization for the obliteration of the lesions.
MATERIAL and METHODS: This retrospective analysis included 16 patients (7 males a...
Pages: 835-842
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26003-19.1
AIM: To investigate the added value of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) sequences in predicting
somatostatin analog (SSA) responses in patients with acromegaly.
MATERIAL and METHODS:This study included 55 active acromegaly patients with macroadenoma. Mean and maximum ...
Pages: 843-850
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25737-18.4
AIM: To compare the effects of spinal anesthesia (SA) and general anesthesia (GA) in lumbar microdiscectomy in terms of their costeffectiveness,
and perioperative outcomes.
MATERIAL and METHODS: We randomly allocated 100 consecutive patients who were scheduled to undergo elective lumbar
microdisc...
Pages: 851-855
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26158-19.1
AIM: To investigate the effects of Phenyramidol (Phe) on neural development in an early chicken embryo model.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Sixty fertile non-pathogenic Super Nick eggs were incubated for 24 hours (h) and divided into four
groups of 15 eggs each. Phe was administrated through the sub-blast...
Pages: 856-863
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25572-18.2
AIM: To characterize the sociodemographic, clinical and radiological findings of patients with depressed skull fractures overlying
cranial dural sinuses that we have faced in our institute. In addition, to explore the indications and choices for the surgical and nonsurgical
management of such case...
Pages: 864-874
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26200-19.2
AIM: To describe the location of each white matter pathways around the temporoâparietoâoccipital junction (TPOJ) and the
dissections performed using focal fiber dissection and fiber separation techniques (FST). These areas play an important role in
human language processing and high-level brai...
Pages: 875-886
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26052-19.2
AIM: To identify the range of dimensional morphometric variability correlated to the basilar and condylar part of the occipital bone,
which may affect the choice of approach to ventral intradural foramen magnum (FM) lesions.
MATERIAL and METHODS: In total, 25 dry skulls and 50 head computed tomogr...
Pages: 887-900
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26492-19.2
AIM: To investigate the potential protective effects of melatonin on the chronic radiation emitted by third generation mobile phones
on the brain.
MATERIAL and METHODS: A total of 24 male Wistar albino rats were divided into four equal groups. Throughout a 90-day
experiment, no application was pe...
Pages: 901-908
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26589-19.2
AIM: To evaluate the effects of agomelatine on the biochemical and pathological features of cisplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy.
MATERIAL and METHODS: This study included a total of 30 male Wistar albino rats that weighed 285â300 grams and were divided
into three groups: healthy controls (HC...
Pages: 909-914
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26479-19.2
AIM: To demonstrate the value of special intraoperative neuromonitoring techniques for cauda equina and conus medullaris tumors
(CECMT) by describing standard methods used at our center.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Neurophysiological records were retrospectively reviewed for 16 patients (eight females a...
Pages: 915-926
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26988-19.1
AIM: To investigate the incidence of neuropathic pain (NP) in patients with foraminal/extraforaminal lumbar disc herniation (FEFLDH),
the prognosis of NP and the effect of microsurgery on patients treatment.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Two patient groups with FEFLDH were investigated: the surgery group ...
Pages: 927-932
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26462-19.2
AIM: To evaluate the feasibility of the mini-open incision method in patients who underwent median nerve decompression in the
carpal tunnel with a mini incision made proximal to the distal wrist crease.
MATERIAL and METHODS: A total of 80 patients (84 hands) operated by a single surgeon with a min...
Pages: 933-939
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26237-19.3
AIM: To evaluate the effect of different remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) methods in spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion (IR)
injury.
MATERIAL and METHODS: A total of 36 rats were distributed to the 6 groups: sham surgery, control (only spinal cord IR), unilateral
(hind limb RIPC before spinal...
Case Report
Pages: 940-944
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.20885-17.2
Arachnoid cysts (ACs) are congenital malformations that may develop anywhere in the subarachnoid space along the cerebrospinal
axis, but are mostly observed in the temporal fossa and Sylvian fissure, predominantly on the left side. ACs account for 1% of all
intracranial space-occupying lesions. AC...
Pages: 945-949
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21188-17.1
Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a rare and severe brain disorder that is associated with unilateral hemispheric atrophy and manifests
as severe refractory epilepsy, hemiplegia, defects of motor and speech functions, and cognitive impairment. Treatment of RE,
especially in adult patients, is extreme...
Pages: 950-953
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21334-17.2
Endovascular treatment of bifurcation aneurysms is difficult and complicated because arterial branches may arise from the
aneurysmal neck. We treat these cases with complex techniques such as Y or T stenting. In this report, we deployed one Neuroform
EZ stent using the intentional herniation techn...
Pages: 954-956
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.23504-18.3
AIM: To present a case (3rd report in the literature, 1st case with sequestrated-extruded disc herniation) of thoracic disc herniation
that was sequestrated only by ligamentous injury without thoracic osseous pathology.
MATERIAL and METHODS: We reviewed the diagnosis and treatment of a 25-year-old...
Pages: 957-960
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22225-17.2
Intracranial medulloepithelioma is an extremely rare and highly malignant fast-growing tumor that shows a propensity to spread widely
throughout the central nervous system. It most commonly occurs in infants and young children. We report a rare case of 2-year-old
female patient with a large mass l...
Technical Note
Pages: 961-963
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22636-18.2
In macrosurgery creating a knot with at least three throws is an established practice. The potential disadvantages of this practice in
microsurgery include the following: the direction of the cut ends interfere with the suture line, unbalanced nature of knot disturbs the
apposition of delicate ves...
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