E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Vol. 31, Issue 3 (2021)
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Review
Pages: 301-309
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31887-20.3
AIM: To assess the results, effectiveness, safety, and potentials of coiling and clipping of ruptured basilar apex aneurysms.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Included in this study were articles comparisons of outcomes of endovascular coiling and clipping of
ruptured basilar apex aneurysms, published in the...
Original Investigation
Pages: 310-317
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.27372-19.3
AIM: To evaluate the neuroprotective effects of benidipine hydrochloride on the cerebral cortex tissues in rats exposed to cerebral
ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Twenty-four male Wistar albino rats were randomly divided into three groups, and administered
benidipine hyd...
Pages: 318-323
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25915-19.3
AIM: To study the clinical profile, imaging features, intra-operative findings, post-operative outcome at discharge and at 6 months
in patients with internal carotid artery (ICA) bifurcation aneurysm.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Present study is a retrospective analysis of data of patients who underwent...
Pages: 324-332
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.29539-20.2
AIM: To compare the efficacy and safety of minimally endoscopic discectomy (MED), percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal
discectomy (PETD) and percutaneous endoscopic interlaminar discectomy (PEID) in the treatment of L5/S1 lumbar disc herniation
(LDH).
MATERIAL and METHODS: From May 2012 to Janu...
Pages: 333-338
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.29843-20.2
AIM: To investigate the effects of trauma type and survival on biochemical parameters including blood urea, creatinine, and glucose
levels on patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
MATERIAL and METHODS: The medical records of 102 patients with TBIs who were admitted to the emergency departmen...
Pages: 339-347
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.29180-20.3
AIM: To investigate the incidence, types, morphological and morphometric properties of spina bifida on dry sacral bones.
MATERIAL and METHODS: 110 dry adult sacrums gathered from the bone collections of the Laboratory of the Anatomy Department
of Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine were exam...
Pages: 348-354
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.29844-20.2
AIM: To evaluate the gram-negative nosocomial meningitis cases which were treated with intrathecal (IT) / intraventricular (IVT)
antibiotics.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Medical records were reviewed for IT/IVT antibiotherapy. Gram-negative nosocomial meningitis cases
treated with IT/IVT antibiotherapy...
Pages: 355-360
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31021-20.2
AIM: To show whether the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) levels are significantly higher in the serum of patients with mild
traumatic brain injury or not.
MATERIAL and METHODS: The level of serum GFAP was measured in 176 patients suffering from brain trauma. The ability of
GFAP in predicti...
Pages: 361-367
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.29813-20.2
AIM: To investigate the effect of Propolis-gum Arabic as a nerve guidance channel.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Male rats (n=24) were randomly divided into sham surgery, autograft, and Propolis+gum Arabic groups
with equal numbers. Under anesthesia, the sciatic nerve was removed, and the gap between the ...
Pages: 368-372
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.29805-20.2
AIM: To investigate the effect of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variants mainly in D-loop on glioma biology.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Sanger sequencing of D-loop (15971?16451 bp) for 52 glioma patients was performed and the
variations were statistically analyzed for gender, WHO classification, morphologi...
Pages: 373-378
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31127-20.3
AIM: To investigate the anti-apoptotic and anti-oxidant effects of systemic uridine treatment in a rat model of sciatic nerve injury.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Thirty-two adult male rats were equally randomized to Sham, Control, U100, and U500 groups. Sham
rats received a sham operation by exposing th...
Pages: 379-384
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31089-20.2
AIM: To compare the low-profile visualized intraluminal support (LVIS or LVIS Jr.) stent, which is a braided microstent, and Enterprise
Vascular Reconstructive Device (VRD), which is fabricated using laser cutting technology, in the treatment of internal carotid artery
aneurysms.
MATERIAL and MET...
Pages: 385-388
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31378-20.2
AIM: To determine the prevalence of open and closed posterior superior iliac spine (PSIS) using lower abdominal computed
tomography (CT) examinations.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Eight hundred and fifty (M/F:464/386) adult patients who underwent lower abdominal CT between
January 2018 and December 2018...
Pages: 389-398
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31359-20.2
AIM: To investigate the underlying conditions in children with torticollis.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Between May 2016 and December 2019, 24 patients (10 girls and 14 boys; mean age, 8 years)
presenting with twisted neck, neck pain, weakness of extremities, imbalance, and gait disorder were evaluated ...
Pages: 399-403
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.28624-20.3
AIM: To measure serum levels of thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) and thrombospondin-2 (TSP-2) in patients with common brain tumors,
namely high-grade glioma (HGG), low-grade glioma (LGG), and meningioma.
MATERIAL and METHODS: For this prospective study, a total of 56 patients were operated on for supraten...
Pages: 404-411
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32026-20.1
AIM: To investigate the relationship between clinical features and prognosis of the hippocampal sclerosis (HS) cases and International
League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) histopathology classification.
MATERIAL and METHODS: A hundred patients with refractory epilepsy who were operated with the diagnosi...
Pages: 412-421
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31665-20.2
AIM: To investigate the effects of electromagnetic waves (EMWs) from mobile phones (MPs) on rat brains of rats by morphological
and biochemical analysis.
MATERIAL and METHODS: EMW was applied for two hours/day until birth in stand-by fetal and EMW fetal groups and postnatal
60th day in stand-by a...
Pages: 422-431
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31629-20.2
AIM: To evaluate the long-term efficacy of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) surgery, and to emphasize the factors affecting seizure
outcomes such as surgical technique nuances and micro-neuroanatomical details in TLE cases.
MATERIAL and METHODS: In this retrospective analysis, 238 patients who underwe...
Pages: 432-440
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31288-20.5
AIM: To compare the radiological and functional changes after multi-level laminoplasty between patients with cervical spondylotic
myelopathy (CSM) and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL).
MATERIAL and METHODS: This study included 75 patients consisted with 32 of CSM (group A...
Pages: 441-446
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31778-20.2
AIM: To assess the craniocervical junction (CCJ) by using radiological measurements in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
(AIS) and Scheuermann?s kyphosis (SK), and to compare those reults with healthy adolescent population.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Patients were assigned to three groups. ...
Pages: 447-459
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.29819-20.3
AIM: To analyze the Glutathione S-transferase (GST)-P, GST-M, cytochrome p450 (CYP)1-A1, CYP1-B1, and multidrug resistance
(MDR)-1 expressions in malignant intracranial tumor (ICT)s, and to elicit their role on patient survival.
MATERIAL and METHODS: GST-P, GST-M, CYP1-A1, CYP1-B1, and MDR-1 expre...
Pages: 460-465
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32230-20.2
AIM: To measure C2-related morphometric parameters in a Turkish population.
MATERIAL and METHODS: The computed tomography (CT) images of three groups (Group 1: paediatric cases aged 1-6 years,
Group 2: age7-16 years, and Group 3: adult cases), who had cervical spine CT were used to measure some mo...
Pages: 466-471
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32650-20.4
AIM: To show the relationship of lumbar intervertebral discs with the ureters by using computerized tomography (CT).
MATERIAL and METHODS: Eighty patients (male/female: 42/38) with a mean age of 45 years were included in this retrospective
study. An imaginary line passing through the tangential to...
Technical Note
Pages: 472-478
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.30085-20.6
Craniosynostosis surgery may result in temporal hollowing occasionally. Overexpansion of the normal side and undergrowth of the
affected side exacerbate the problem in unilateral cases (like unicoronal synostosis). Temporalis muscle lies in the temporal fossa,
and it is usually severed or detached...
Letter to Editor
Pages: 479-480
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.29716-20.2