E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Vol. 15, Issue 1 (2005)
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Original Investigation
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between psychosomatic disorders and
surgical outcome using the Symptom Check List-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) scale.
METHOD: A cross-sectional study was performed to assess the impact of preoperative
psychological factors on surgical outcome by using the Sympt...
Pages: 004-011
OBJECTIVE: Quality of life is becoming more important within the concept of
health care. Although clinical outcome still plays a big role in outcome
measurement, patients' perceptions and understanding of their own health is
being considered as significant. There are many measurement tools used f...
Case Report
Pages: 032-035
Spinal cord compression due to follicular thyroid carcinoma is rare. We report
an unusual case of isolated vertebrae metastasis of follicular thyroid carcinoma
presenting with spinal cord compression. It is unusual for this neoplasm to
initially present as a single metastasis to the spine. Compre...
Pages: 036-039
Glioblastome multiforme (GBM) is a malignant tumor of the brain which may
develop primarily or secondary to radiotherapy. The occurence of GBM
following radiotherapy for medulloblastoma is a very rare condition and few
cases have been reported.
A 10-year-old girl who had been treated by surgery ...
Pages: 023-026
Patients with Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) and associated craniocervical
junction abnormalities are at high risk for the development of progressive
neurologic deficits. A 60-year-old male patient with Klippel-Feil syndrome was
admitted to the emergency room with an 8-year history of a progressive ...
Pages: 027-031
A 40-year-old male had been operated five years ago due to a right frontal
diffuse infiltrative astrocytoma grade II and the tumor had been removed
grossly. There was no other lesion in the posterior fossa at that time and the
patient received radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Five years later, the ...
Pages: 040-044
Scaphocephaly is the most common type of craniosynostosis. Simple sagittal
suturectomy is still the operation of choice for infants under the age of 6 months.
We describe a 4-month-old boy who underwent calvarial remodeling for the
treatment of scaphocephaly. The patient was operated on in the pr...
Pages: 018-022
Lumbar intervertebral disc herniations can regress spontaneously at different
levels and times in a patient even in the presence of a neurological deficit. A
patient with spontaneous regressions of two herniated lumbar discs at different
levels and time periods, which regressed after conservative...
Pages: 012-017
OBJECTIVE: The presence of cartilage and bone in a glial tumor is most
unusual. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain this condition. In
some cases, there is a fibrous capsule between tumor tissue and the
cartilaginous area together with glial fibrillary acidic protein negativity in
c...