E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Turkish Neuro -Excursion
Pages: 667-670
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.33038-20.1
The main purpose of medicine is to protect humans from diseases and its complications. Patients may be at risk in the course
of diseases or during medical and surgical treatments, which can have undesirable consequences, including death. These risks,
which are accepted by all medical authorities a...
Original Investigation
Pages: 671-679
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.28775-19.2
AIM: To assess the feasibility of using an endoscopic-assisted lateral supraorbital (LSO) approach and an endoscopic endonasal
transclival approach (EETA) for basilar apex (BAX) aneurysms.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Ten cases with LSO approaches, with or without posterior clinoidectomy and endoscopic a...
Pages: 680-685
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.30444-20.2
AIM: To compare two synthetic graft materials, TachoComb®, a fibrin sealant composed of collagen, fibrinogen, thrombin and
aprotinin and TissuDura®, a collagen-based biomatrix.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Thirty Sprague?Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups with 10 animals in each group.
...
Pages: 686-693
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31781-20.3
AIM: To evaluate the role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) as a primary or secondary treatment for hydrocephalus and
factors affecting ETV success.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Pediatric and adult patients with symptomatic hydrocephalus treated with ETV during 11 years
(2008?2019) in our clinic...
Pages: 694-698
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31746-20.1
AIM: To investigate the effects of early surgery on electrocardiographic (ECG) parameters in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid
hemorrhage (SAH). We compared the parameters from ECGs performed preoperatively and on the 2nd and 8th days after surgery
with those of normal individuals.
MATERIAL a...
Pages: 699-703
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.30936-20.2
AIM: To find out the anatomical changes in spine and pelvis, and the impact of various breast sizes of women on the quality of life.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Sixty women with back pain volunteered to participate in this study. Their body mass index (BMI)
was calculated. Clinical evaluation of the pai...
Pages: 704-709
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32021-20.3
AIM: To examine foramen magnum morphometry and shape of Chiari malformation in comparison with a control group, and to
contribute to the literature on whether Chiari malformation affects foramen magnum morphometry.
MATERIAL and METHODS: In this study, cranial magnetic resonance images of 71 people...
Pages: 710-717
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32736-20.2
AIM: To develop a protocol of balloon test occlusion (BTO) to perform single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) only
in cases that require it by using mean stump pressure (MSTP).
MATERIAL and METHODS: BTO was performed in 52 consecutive patients (derivation group). Using the derivation gr...
Pages: 718-724
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32708-20.4
AIM: To examine the prevalence of symptomatic lumbar synovial facet cysts in lumbar spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of
patients who admitted to neurosurgery clinic, retrospectively. Also, we aimed to report the clinic and radiologic outcome of patients
with symptomatic spinal synovial cyst...
Pages: 725-730
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32215-20.3
AIM: To present the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of a multinodular and vacuolating neuronal tumor (MVNT).
MATERIAL and METHODS: The authors identified four patients with MVNT in the hospital between January 2015 and October
2019. Both the clinical and radiological data of the patients...
Pages: 731-739
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.31011-20.3
AIM: To analyze the expression of ADAMTS-1, NF-?B, and STAT3 in human pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma specimens, and their
correlation with glioma advancement.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma tumor cell lines were treated with low and high doses of cytokines at
24 and 48 hours (...
Pages: 740-744
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32954-20.2
AIM: To analyze the demographic characteristics and surgical outcomes of the largest series of patients with pediatric aneurysms
reported in Romania, in consideration of the primary factors that lead to good long-term outcomes. Given that all cases involved
ruptured aneurysms, we also investigated...
Pages: 745-750
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32962-20.2
AIM: To determine the prevalence of a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in osteoporotic vertebral fractures.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Data were retrospectively collected from the medical records of 50 patients who were admitted to the
Kameda Medical Center for osteoporotic vertebral fracture from 2019 to 20...
Pages: 751-756
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32989-20.3
AIM: To evaluate the option of lumbar transpedicular fixation at the index level in patients who did not achieve adequate pain relief
after lumbar total disc replacement (TDR) without evidence of device failure.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Four patients (mean age, 47 years) presented with persistent low...
Pages: 757-762
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.33017-20.2
AIM: To compare the effect of ultrasound-guided modified thoracolumbar interfascial plane (TLIP) block versus local anesthetic
infiltration on the wound site for post-operative analgesia in patients undergoing lumbar disc surgery with spinal anesthesia.
MATERIAL and METHODS: This prospective and o...
Pages: 763-770
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.33824-21.1
AIM: To identify the characteristics of patients admitted to the emergency department with intracranial hemorrhages in the era of
the COVID-19 pandemic.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Seventy-eight patients with spontaneous intracranial bleeding who were admitted to emergency
departments and treated in ne...
Pages: 771-778
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.33760-21.3
AIM: To compare the morphometric characteristics of the foramen ovale (FO) and foramen rotundum (FR), and their localization
in the middle cranial fossa on the head and neck computed tomography images of patients with trigeminal neuralgia (TN) and
asymptomatic individuals.
MATERIAL and METHODS: T...
Pages: 779-787
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32611-20.4
AIM: To investigate the effect of the number of open vertebral segments on the prognosis of newborns with midline closure defects
(MCD), and the optimal timing for ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) placement in those with MCD accompanied by hydrocephalus.
MATERIAL and METHODS: A total of 63 patient...
Pages: 788-794
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.34653-21.2
AIM: To compare biomechanical results between different polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) augmentation methods on failed lumbar
pedicle screw models of animal vertebrae.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Thirty lumbar vertebrae were harvested from six calves, and their bone mineral density was measured.
60 Polya...
Pages: 795-802
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.34716-21.3
AIM: To describe a new pedicle screw insertion technique, a modification of the funnel technique, and to compare this technique
with conventional freehand screw insertion regarding their accuracy and complications in the thoracic spine.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Three hundred forty-three patients who ...
Case Report
Pages: 803-806
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32693-20.1
The aim of this study is present a case of isolated injury to the branch of posterior interosseous nerve.
A 27-year-old gentleman was presented with an inability to extend the ulnar three fingers of his left hand after sustaining closed
fractures of the left ulna and radius after a motorbicycle ac...
Technical Note
Pages: 807-812
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.33732-21.2
AIM: To present the application of volume rendering technique (VRT) of computed tomography (CT) scan in cranio-vertebral junction
(CVJ) surgeries.
MATERIAL and METHODS: The authors used VRT images of CT scan in patients of congenital CVJ anomalies who were subjected
to various surgeries through m...
Pages: 813-819
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.34972-21.2
AIM: To determine whether the endoscopic transorbital (ETO) approach could be an alternative and a safer route to access the
cavernous sinus (CS) lateral compartment.
MATERIAL and METHODS: ETO technique was studied on 3 cadavers and 6 CSes of these cadavers. Endoscopic dissection was
visualized w...
Letter to Editor
Pages: 820
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.33297-20.2
Pages: 821-822
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32688-20.1