E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Turkish Neuro -Excursion
Pages: 481-483
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31281-20.2
In the past decade or perhaps a little earlier than that the concept of teamwork evolved among the circles of surgeons especially
among those involved in complicated and time consuming surgeries. Skull base surgeries were one of those surgeries where the
role of teamwork was acutely felt owing to ...
Review
Pages: 484-492
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.33958-21.1
AIM: To describe the history of the anterior approach to the lumbar spine from the beginning to the minimal invasive techniques that
the authors have developed, and to discuss its advantages and drawbacks.
MATERIAL and METHODS: The authors collected published data on the evolution of the anterior ...
Original Investigation
Pages: 493-499
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25692-18.4
AIM: To investigate the possible neuroprotective effect of boric acid (BA) by examining the changes in catalase (CAT) activity and
levels of CAT and malondialdehyde (MDA) in brain tissues from rats with closed head trauma.
MATERIAL and METHODS: The study consisted of three groups: control, traumat...
Pages: 500-504
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.28235-19.5
AIM: To analyze Chromogranin A levels on vasospasm in an experimental subarachnoid heamorrhage (SAH) model.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Sixteen Wistar Albino male rats were used in study. Two groups are formed; first was consisting of
8 rats that experimental SAH was performed on them, second group was ...
Pages: 505-509
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.30290-20.2
AIM: To investigate the neurotoxic effects of strontium (Sr) compounds and Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice, G. glabra).
MATERIAL and METHODS: In this study, we conducted neurotoxicity assays on the human cortical neuronal cell line HCN-2 (CRL-
10742) to determine the potential neurotoxic effects of S...
Pages: 510-518
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31174-20.2
AIM: To evaluate the patient groups with ankylosing spinal disorder (ASD) in terms of patients? characteristics, applied surgical
approaches, and the outcomes.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Between 2008-2019, 50 ASD patients (35?80 years) were operated on subaxial cervical fracture. The
mean follow-up ti...
Pages: 519-529
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.30181-20.2
AIM: To analyze the results of stereotactic radiosurgery in 295 patients with residual Grade I meningiomas located at parasellar
region, petroclival region, cerebellopontine angle and parasagittal region.
MATERIAL and METHODS: A total of 295 patients with Grade 1 residual Meningiomas (197 women, 9...
Pages: 530-537
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31386-20.2
AIM: To compare the effectiveness of laminoplasty and laminectomy with fusion in the treatment of patients with cervical spondylotic
myelopathy (CSM).
MATERIAL and METHODS: This study retrospectively reviewed 52 patients diagnosed with CSM who underwent either laminoplasty
(LP group) or laminecto...
Pages: 538-544
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.30578-20.3
AIM: To design a novel hand-held retractor in order to reduce both operation time and radiation exposure in percutaneous pedicle
screw placement.
MATERIAL and METHODS: A total of 126 patients with single segment thoracolumbar vertebral fracture were surgically treated
with percutaneous pedicle sc...
Pages: 545-553
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32231-20.2
AIM: To evaluate the clinical results of patients who underwent unilateral dynamic rod stabilization after unilateral facet joint excision
during spinal surgery.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Twenty patients who were diagnosed with degenerative spinal disease or spinal tumor, who were
operated on using a...
Pages: 554-565
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32057-20.3
AIM: To determine the Wnt and SHH subtypes at the molecular level, and to compare them clinically by examining the changes
in CTNNB1, AXIN, PTCH1, SMO, SUFU, and GLI1 mRNA expression in the medulloblastoma of a Turkish population determined
according to patient selection criteria. In this context,...
Pages: 566-573
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.29128-20.2
AIM: To assess the role of our modified selective spinal nerve block (SSNB) procedure to predict the results of the subsequent
Percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal lumbar surgeries (PETLS).
MATERIAL and METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed data of patients who underwent our modified SSNBs before...
Pages: 574-581
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32228-20.1
AIM: To analyze the clinical and surgical outcomes following gross total resection (GTR) and planned subtotal resection (STR) of
giant intracranial epidermoid tumors.
MATERIAL and METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study, all patients who were diagnosed with and operated for giant
intracranial...
Pages: 582-586
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32660-20.1
AIM: To present a new sonographic approach for lumbar transforamianal injection and compared it with traditional fluoroscopicguided
approach.
MATERIAL and METHODS: This interventional clinical study was conducted on 30 patients with a history of radicular lowback
pain and a recent MRI indicating ...
Pages: 587-593
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.33347-20.2
AIM: To elucidate the association of the MTHFR, MTRR, and RAD54L gene variations with meningioma in Turkish cohort.
MATERIAL and METHODS: DNAs were isolated from 87 retrospective meningioma samples. The MTHFR, MTRR, and RAD54L
gene hotspot regions were amplified with specific primers via polymeras...
Pages: 594-600
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.30907-20.1
AIM: To investigate the effects of pregabalin on neural tube closure, and other potential effects on other organ systems in a chick
embryo model.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Fertilized chicken eggs were divided into groups, and different doses of pregabalin was administered.
All embryos were harvested ...
Pages: 601-606
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31961-20.2
AIM: To prove that VIM line technique created by using a mathematical model, can be used to identify the location of the ventral
intermediate nucleus of the thalamus (VIM)
MATERIAL and METHODS: Eleven patients with Parkinson?s disease (PD) were assessed. To determine the VIM location, 3-T
magneti...
Pages: 607-617
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32554-20.2
AIM: To determine the effect of posterior vertebral column resection (PVCR) in patients with paraplegia by using the American Spinal
Injury Association (ASIA) score and Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)-22 questionnaire.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Twelve patients with posttraumatic paraplegia and severe...
Pages: 618-622
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32785-20.3
AIM: To ascertain whether the brain stem?s shape differs in patients with syrinx and without syrinx in cases with Chiari malformation
Type I (CM-1), relative to healthy controls.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Data on marked brainstem regions were obtained from 2D digital image files. Generalized Procruste...
Pages: 623-633
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31996-20.2
AIM: To investigate neurogenesis in both adult and 3-week-old genetic absence epilepsy rats from Strasbourg (GAERS) to determine
if newly formed neurons within the dentate gyrus (DG) form synaptic contacts with GABAergic (gamma aminobutyric acid) and
glutamatergic nerve terminals and compared to t...
Pages: 634-640
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32532-20.2
AIM: To evaluate the duration of hospitalization and the factors that increase this duration in cases treated in the neonatal intensive
care unit with the diagnosis of a spinal neural tube defect (NTD).
MATERIAL and METHODS: The demographic characteristics, NTD type and level, ventriculoperitoneal...
Pages: 641-653
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.33332-20.3
AIM: An increasing number of biomarkers of primary glioblastoma (GBM) have recently been described. We aimed to investigate
the biological and clinical factors that affect survival in Turkish patients with primary GBM.
MATERIAL and METHODS: The clinical and demographic data of all patients with pr...
Case Report
Pages: 654-657
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.30838-20.2
An 11-year-old girl presented with bilateral traumatic caroticocavernous fistula associated with corkscrew eyelid vessels, which
were considered indicators of severe congestive disease in this case. Coil embolization was performed; similar to other congestive
findings such as proptosis, orbital br...
Pages: 658-660
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32344-20.1
To present a young immunocompetent patient with a fourth ventricle tuberculoma without pulmonary tuberculosis.
A previously healthy young male patient presented with a history of headache, nausea, and blurred vision. Neuroimaging revealed
a mass present in the fourth ventricle. The lesion was succ...
Technical Note
Pages: 661-664
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31097-20.2
AIM: To present an alternative endovascular treatment option for the vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation by ethylene-vinyl
alcohol copolymer embolization via a double-lumen balloon microcatheter.
MATERIAL and METHODS: A female patient was suspected with the vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation ...
Letter to Editor
Pages: 665
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.33800-21.0