E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Vol. 30, Issue 3 (2020)
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Review
Pages: 317-322
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25745-18.3
The process of head transplantation is reviewed according to Cartesian philosophy. Recent developments in head transplantation
were followed with great interest in the media and society. The surgeon Sergio Canavero stated that he could perform head
transplantation. His ethical approaches to the pr...
Original Investigation
Pages: 323-349
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21197-17.2
AIM: To assess the clinical outcomes of treatment for radiation-induced meningiomas.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Medical records were retrospectively reviewed for all cranial meningioma cases that were diagnosed
and/or underwent surgery at our hospital from 2009 to 2016. All radiation-associated meningi...
Pages: 350-353
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21557-17.4
AIM: To investigate the expression of the DR4, DR5, OPG, DcR1, and DcR2 in rat brain tissue.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Thirty rats were used in this study. The rats were divided into three groups as the control group (n=10),
tumor group (n=10), and zincoxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NP) treatment group (n...
Pages: 354-360
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24788-18.1
AIM: To examine whether post-treatment sevoflurane is protective against early brain injury (EBI) after subarachnoid hemorrhage
(SAH) and how this neuroprotective effect occurs at different concentrations and durations of administration in mice. Furthermore,
we tested whether the neuroprotective e...
Pages: 361-365
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25044-18.3
AIM: To observe the effect of early hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy on the improvement of consciousness and prognosis of
patients with severe brain damages after craniocerebral craniotomy.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Eighty-one patients who had cerebral hemorrhage and underwent clearance of hematoma and...
Pages: 366-370
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24406-19.4
AIM: To discuss the optimal and recent treatment options based on clinical review of 16 chordoma patients.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Data of the patients diagnosed and treated between 1999 and 2017 in Gazi University School of
Medicine has been collected through patientsâ files and the electronic da...
Pages: 371-376
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.27015-19.1
AIM: To investigate the effects of different therapeutic radiation doses on the prevalence of neural tube defects (NTDs) in chick
embryos and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) 4 and BMP7 expression levels.
MATERIAL and METHODS: The chick embryos (n=143) were derived from fertile, specific pathogen-...
Pages: 377-381
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25841-19.4
AIM: To evaluate the feasibility of an experimentally designed model for training on endoscopic intranasal transsphenoidal
hypophysis surgery.
MATERIAL and METHODS: In this experimental study, a surgical training model for endoscopic transsphenoidal hypophysis
surgery was designed to simulate rea...
Pages: 382-386
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26387-19.2
AIM: To investigate the differences in the head shapes of scaphocephaly patients during the pre- and postoperative phases.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Cranium shape data were collected from the two-dimensional digital images. The generalised
Procrustes analysis was used to obtain mean shapes in the pre-...
Pages: 387-393
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26972-19.2
AIM: To compare the efficacy of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy with and without epidural steroid application
in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation.
MATERIAL and METHODS: A total of 101 patients who had indications for percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy
were ...
Pages: 394-399
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.27220-19.3
AIM: To compare the effect of fluoroscopically guided transforaminal epidural steroid injections on radicular pain in foraminal and
paramedian lumbar disc herniations.
MATERIAL and METHODS: This study included patients who did not benefit from previous medical treatments or are not suitable
for s...
Pages: 400-406
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.27144-19.2
AIM: To examine the spinal cord status by using diffusion tensor imagıng (DTI) and tractography preoperatively and postoperatively
in patients with Chiari malformation type 1 (CM1) and compare the results with the data obtained from healthy people.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Overall, 48 patients (33 p...
Pages: 407-415
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.27644-19.1
AIM: To analyze the impact of Tranexamic acid (TXA) on perioperative hemodynamics in craniosynostosis surgery.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Data of thirty-six children (operated between 2014-2017) were categorized into two groups depending
on TXA delivery. Patient demographics, preoperative, intraoperati...
Pages: 416-421
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.27588-19.2
AIM: To evaluate the factors affecting the clinical and radiological findings of juxtafacet cyst patients.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Between January 2011 and December 2018, eight patients diagnosed with juxtafacet cyst were
reviewed, retrospectively. Patient demographics; signs and symptoms; and neuro...
Pages: 422-427
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.27261-19.3
AIM: To investigate the immunogenetic properties of glial tumors according to the World Health Organization 2016 glial tumor
classification and develop an accurate diagnosis and treatment strategy by comparing preoperative advanced magnetic resonance
(aMRI) technique findings of these results.
MA...
Pages: 428-433
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.28129-19.1
AIM: To identify the copy number variations that are specific to myxopapillary ependymomas (MPEs) of the cauda equina.
MATERIAL and METHODS: The patient cohort included five patients who underwent resection of histologically confirmed MPEs.
Tumor samples collected during surgery and stored in liqu...
Pages: 434-441
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.27785-19.3
AIM: To investigate the effects of metformin, a drug used widely for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, on human primary cell
cultures prepared from uninjured segment of disc material intervertebral disk tissues.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Primary cell cultures were prepared using the tissues o...
Pages: 442-448
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.27996-19.4
AIM: To determine whether platelet-associated inflammation parameters (PAIP) could be useful for evaluating inflammation in
sagittal imbalance (SI) by investigating its relationship with pelvic tilt (PT), sacral slope (SS), pelvic incidence (PI), lumbar lordosis
(LL) and thoracic kyphosis (TK).
M...
Pages: 449-453
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.28913-19.2
AIM: To investigate the relationship between the distribution of ABO or Rhesus (Rh) blood group antigens and the incidence of
myelomeningocele.
MATERIAL and METHODS: A retrospective data was reviewed for all myelomeningocele patients operated at a tertiary academic
hospital between years 2014 and...
Case Report
Pages: 454-457
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21127-17.3
In this report, we present two cases of patients with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) otorrhea who underwent surgical repair through either
a transmastoid or middle cranial fossa approach. In our first case, a 34-year-old male after head trauma with conductive hearing
loss and a House-Brackmann grade 2 ...
Pages: 458-461
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21343-17.2
We present a case of invasive monitoring of a patient while he was being surgically treated in the status state. Our patient
was a 27-year-old male who was hospitalized for frequent seizures, which began after a head trauma at the age of 3 years.
Video electroencephalography was performed, and 25 ...
Pages: 462-464
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24614-18.2
An aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) is a vascular locally proliferative, non-neoplastic, benign lesion observed in children and young
adults. 75% of ABCs occur before the age of twenty. The cyst frequently develops in the long bones and comprises 1.4% of primary
bone tumors. Spinal ABC is rare and is ty...
Technical Note
Pages: 465-468
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22181-17.3
After advent of the power driven tools, the ease of surgeons and pace of surgery has been enhanced. Nowadays, most of the
neurosurgeons are tend to use the motorized drills for elevating a bone flap to make a craniotomy. The bone cutting by the
craniotome is wide and nonbeveled, which mandates the...
Letter to Editor
Pages: 469-470
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25760-19.2